Patent ID: 11902220
Assignee: MIXCOMM, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. A repeater comprising:
a memory, said memory storing a first set of control values for controlling repeater operation during an uplink mode of operation and a second set of control values for controlling repeater operation during a downlink mode of operation, said first set of control values including a first doner receive gain (DRG) control value for controlling the gain of a first donor side receiver amplifier during the uplink mode of operation, said second set of control values including a second DRG control value for controlling the gain of the first donor side receiver amplifier during the downlink mode of operation, said first DRG control value for controlling the gain of the donor side receiver amplifier controlling the gain of the donor side receiver amplifier to have a lower gain than when the second DRG control value is used for controlling the gain of the donor side receiver amplifier; and
the donor side receiver amplifier;
a donor side switch;
a donor side antenna; and
a processor coupled to said memory, the processor being configured to:
detect a time division duplex (TDD) timing schedule including a plurality of times at which a switch is made between uplink and downlink communication; and
in response to said TDD timing schedule indicating a change from a downlink mode of operation to an uplink mode of operation, control the repeater to switch between using the second set of control values for controlling repeater operation to using the first set of control values for controlling repeater operation, said switch in control values:
i) decreasing the gain of the donor side receiver amplifier;
ii) controlling the donor side switch to change from a receive position to a transmit position causing a signal to be transmitted from the donor side antenna.