Patent ID: 7936711
Filing Date: 2011-05-03
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for selectively repeating RF signals communicated between a plurality of base stations and a plurality of user equipments (UEs) in a wireless communication network, comprising: receiving at a digital repeater a RF signal transmitted from a first base station to the plurality of UEs; identifying by the digital repeater received digital communication channels embedded in the received RF signal; identifying by the digital repeater a first UE from the plurality of UEs that is in soft handoff with a second base station; selecting the identified first UE by the digital repeater; selecting a first one of the received digital communication channels embedded in the received RF signal by the digital repeater; associating by the digital repeater the selected first one of the received digital communication channels with the selected first UE in soft handoff; applying by the digital repeater a predetermined gain value to the selected first digital communication channel; and transmitting the first digital communication channel with the applied predetermined gain value to the first UE.