Patent ID: 7519323

Claim:
A repeater that mediates traffic between a network transceiver and a user transceiver in a wireless communication system comprising: a network unit that maintains a network link with the network transceiver; a user unit that maintains a user link with the user transceiver; a two-way communication pathway between the network unit and the user unit adapted to facilitate signal communication between the network transceiver and the user transceiver in autonomous repeater hops between the network transceiver and the network unit, between the user transceiver and the user unit, and between the network unit and the user unit; and a beam-former unit respectively coupled to each of the network unit and the user unit, each beam-former unit being adapted to communicate signals in an operating frequency band of the network transceiver or user transceiver, and to control effective radiated power to maximize radio frequency isolation between the network unit and the user unit; the signal communication between the network unit and the user unit having a signal waveform that is independent of the operating frequency band of the signal communication between the network and user transceivers.