Patent ID: 9408016
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A wireless repeater system comprising: a wireless repeater comprising a short-range antenna associated with a short-range communication channel, a tower-side antenna, a mobile-side antenna, and a base unit comprising a bidirectional amplifier operative for amplifying and repeating duplex telecommunication signals transmitted over the tower-side and mobile-side antennas; an external device operative to communicate with the wireless repeater via the short-range antenna; a remote booster application running on the wireless repeater cooperatively operating with a remote booster application running on the external device via communications transmitted over the short-range antenna; the remote booster application running on the external device and the remote booster application running on the wireless repeater operative for autonomous registration over the short-range communication; and the wireless repeater operative for activating the bidirectional amplifier in response to the autonomous registration, and deactivating the bidirectional amplifier in response to absence of the autonomous registration for a predetermined period; a first signal strength indicator located on the external device operative to display signal strength information received from the wireless repeater; wherein the signal strength information is transmitted from the wireless repeater to the external device via the short-range antenna without utilizing the tower-side antenna or the mobile-side antenna; and wherein the first signal strength indicator displays signal strength information for communications received by the wireless repeater via the tower-side antenna.