Patent ID: 7006461

Claim:
A wireless communication network comprising: at least one designated area; one base station associated with each of the at least one designated area, wherein the base station provides wireless communication to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) wishing to access the network by transmitting dowulink signals to the UEs; and a repeater associated with the base station, wherein the repeater captures the downlink signals sent by the base station to the UEs, wherein the repeater is capable of discriminately selecting one of the captured downlink signals sent to a selected one of the UEs and amplifying and transmitting the selected downlink signal; and wherein the selected UE can tolerate a predetermined time delay between the time that the selected downlink signal is transmitted by the base station and the time the selected downlink signal is amplified and transmitted by the repeater; and wherein the repeater is capable of selecting, amplifying, and transmitting the selected downlink signal within the predetermined time delay.