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Repeater techniques for multiple input multiple output utilizing beam formers

US8774079B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 2007
Grant dateJul 8, 2014
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Expiry dateMar 19, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B7/155
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A repeater for a wireless communication network includes a first reception antenna for receiving a reception signal on a first path from one of an access point, another repeater or a wireless station device; a second reception antenna for receiving the reception signal on a second path; a reception weighting circuit for applying first and second weights to the reception signal to generate a first weighted reception signal and a second weighted reception signal; a signal combiner for combining the first and second weighted reception signals according to various mathematical combinations to generate a plurality of combined reception signals; and a transmission antenna for transmitting a transmission signal corresponding to one of the combined reception signals to one of the access point, the another repeater or the wireless station device.

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