Patent ID: 8346159
Filing Date: 2013-01-01
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a cellular telecommunications network base station repeater for use at a location, comprising: performing, with a cellular telecommunications device registered with a cellular telecommunications network, a data collection activity at the location to obtain an indication of a transmit frequency of a nearby base station of the cellular telecommunications network; receiving, at the repeater, the indication of the transmit frequency from the cellular telecommunications device; and setting the repeater to amplify received signals at said transmit frequency, wherein the repeater only amplifies the transmit frequencies of communications from a particular cellular telecommunications network, and determines the transmit frequency to be amplified in dependence upon a predetermined mobile network code of the particular cellular telecommunications network, and wherein the repeater receives a subscriber identity module associated with a mobile telecommunications device of the cellular telecommunications network and extracts from that subscriber identity module the mobile network code.