Systems and methods for reconfigurable repeaters for wireless telecommunications

US12224837B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Outdoor Wireless Networks LLC · US

Inventors

• Gerhard Braun · Judenhof, DE
• Gerald Steidle · Buchdorf, DE
• Josef Mayer · Rosenheim, DE
• Patrick Braun · Munningen, DE
• Daniel Schwab · Gersthofen, DE
• Peter Gunzner · Monheim, DE
• Thomas Rauwolf · Nördlingen, DE
• Rainer Friedrich · Maihingen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 19, 2022
• Grant date: Feb 11, 2025
• Expiry date: Jun 10, 2043

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L5/14
• WIPO field: Telecommunications
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, a RF signal repeater switchable between SISO and MIMO comprises: a controller; a first transmitter path switchably coupled to first donor and coverage antennas; a second transmitter path switchably coupled to second donor and coverage antennas; a first receiver path switchably coupled to the first donor and coverage antennas; a second receiver path switchably coupled to the second donor and coverage antennas. The controller configures the repeater for a MIMO TDD operating mode by: configuring the first transmitter path and the second receiver path to repeat at least a first MIMO channel of UE uplink RF signals and at least a first MIMO channel of base station downlink RF signals; and configuring the second transmitter path and the first receiver path to repeat at least a second MIMO channel of UE uplink RF signals and at least a second MIMO channel of base station downlink RF signals.