Patent ID: 6889033

Claim:
A gain controller for controlling a gain of a repeater adapted to mediate RF signal traffic between first and second transceivers of a wireless communications network, the gain controller comprising: a wideband signal path adapted to process RF signals within a respective channel of the communications network; a narrowband detector connected to the wideband signal path; and a digital controller adapted to control: the narrowband detector to detect a respective power level of a desired RF signal within the wideband signal path; and a gain of the wideband signal path based on the detected power level of the desired RF signal; wherein the wideband signal path comprises: a first gain control block adapted to selectively control a first gain of the wideband signal path, the first gain being selected to compensate attenuation of the RF signal traffic received by the repeater from the first transceiver; and a second gain control block adapted to selectively control a second gain of the wideband signal path, the second gain being selected to compensate attenuation of the RF signal traffic transmitted by the repeater to the second transceiver.