Patent ID: 8787825
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the operation of a repeater in a radio communication system, said method comprising: detecting, in said repeater, radio signaling to or from a user terminal situated in a vicinity of said repeater, wherein said repeater is configured to amplify and forward said radio signaling without decoding said radio signaling; activating amplification in said repeater in response to said detecting of said radio signaling; amplifying at least one of uplink traffic from said user terminal and downlink traffic to said user terminal; and deactivating said amplification when traffic to said user terminal ends, wherein said deactivating is performed dependent on a function of a time since the last detected radio signaling to or from said user terminal, and wherein said function is dependent on a signaling history to or from said user terminal.