Patent ID: 8649418

Claim:
A multiple input multiple output (MIMO) wireless communication system comprising: a first radio for transmission of a plurality of first information streams having one or more associated embedded first control signals; a second radio for reception of the plurality of first information streams and reception of one or more embedded second control signals respectively associated with one or more of the plurality of first information streams; a repeater device for repeating one or more of the plurality of first information streams, wherein said repeater device further comprises one or more of each of: a channel filter for channel filtering a signal comprising at least one of the plurality of first information streams and at least one of the one or more associated embedded first control signals; a detector for performing detection of at least one of the one or more associated first embedded control signals; a repeater device controller for enabling one or more transmitters of the repeater device based upon said detection; a demodulator for demodulating at least one of the associated first embedded control signals to determine associated first control information; a modulator for generating one or more second control signals; a coupler for combining the one or more second control signals respectively with the signal comprising the one or more first information streams to produce a composite signal comprising said one or more second embedded control signals respectively associated with at least one of the one or more first information streams; a transmitter for the transmission of said composite signal; wherein said second radio further demodulates said one or more second embedded control signals to determine second control information, and communicates information within said second control information to said first radio; and wherein performance of the MIMO wireless communication system is enhanced based upon adjustment of parameters associated with one or more of: i) the repeater device, based upon information within the first control information; and, ii) the first radio, based upon information within the second control information and, wherein the adjustment of parameters sets a signal level of one of the plurality of the first information streams at the repeater device relative to signal levels of one or more of the other first information streams of the plurality of first information streams to be comparable with a predetermined ratio.