Patent ID: 8577283

Claim:
A method, comprising: receiving at a repeater a time division duplex communications schedule transmitted by a base station, the time division duplex communications schedule being associated with the base station and a user terminal; altering the time division duplex communications schedule at the repeater based at least in part on data indicative of an estimated position of the repeater, wherein altering the time division duplex communications schedule comprises adjusting, as a first function of a location of the repeater with respect to the base station, forward link scheduled times, of the time division duplex communications schedule, relating to when forward communications are active in the forward link direction; and adjusting, as a second function of a location of the repeater with respect to the user terminal, reverse link scheduled times, of the time division duplex communications schedule, relating to when reverse communications are active in the reverse link direction; and selectively amplifying one or more communications signals at the repeater in one or more of the forward link direction and the reverse link direction based at least in part on the altered time division duplex communications schedule.