Patent ID: 9544046
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving a first radio frequency (RF) signal at a wireless repeater, the first RF signal communicated from a transmitter over a communications path toward a receiver; determining a first signal quality value of the first RF signal at a first time; comparing the first signal quality value with a first threshold signal quality value to determine if the first RF signal has degraded to a first signal quality level; switching the wireless repeater to a regenerator repeater mode when the comparing the first signal quality value with the first threshold signal quality value indicates the first RF signal has degraded to the first signal quality level, the regenerator repeater mode improving one or more characteristics of the first RF signal, whereby latency is introduced into the communications path as the first RF signal is communicated toward the receiver; determining a second signal quality value of the first RF signal at a second time, the second time being subsequent to the first time; comparing the second signal quality value with the first threshold signal quality value to determine if the first RF signal has improved to a second signal quality level; and switching the wireless repeater to a non-regenerator repeater mode when the comparing the second signal quality value with the first threshold signal quality value indicates the first RF signal has improved to the second signal quality level.