Patent ID: 7710913

Claim:
A method for selectively repeating RF signals communicated between a base station and a plurality of UEs in a wireless network, comprising: receiving an RE signal transmitted from the base station; identifying initial communication channels embedded in the RE signal used for downlink communication from the base station to the plurality of UEs, wherein each of the initial communication channels is applied with an associated base gain provided by the base station; monitoring a signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of each of the communication channels; upon detecting the SINR of a first one of the initial communication channels reaching a first predetermined threshold, selecting the first initial communication channel and an associated first one of the UEs, and applying a selected gain value to the selected first initial communication channel to generate an amplified version of the first initial communication channel for repetition; and firstly determining whether the SINR of the amplified version of the first initial communication channel reaches a second predetermined threshold; secondly determining whether the first initial communication channel dominates the amplified version of the first initial communication channel at the associated first UE; and varying the associated base gain and/or the selected gain value to maintain a desired value of the SINR at the associated first UE of the dominating one of the first initial communication channel and the amplified version of the first initial communication channel.