Patent ID: 8588279

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, said method comprising: in a system comprising a source printed circuit board (PCB), one or more repeater PCBs, and one or more target PCBs: receiving a data signal at a first frequency utilizing a first wireless communication protocol from one or more of said source PCB and said one or more repeater PCBs; receiving one or more control signals utilizing a second wireless communication protocol; frequency-shifting said data signal to produce one or more frequency-shifted data signals, wherein a frequency of each of said one or more frequency-shifted data signals is different from said first frequency and corresponds to a receive frequency of a respective one of said repeater PCBs or said one or more target PCBs; adjusting one or both of a phase and an amplitude of each of said one or more frequency-shifted data signals based on a respective one of said one or more control signals, wherein said adjusting of said one or both of said phase and said amplitude adjusts a directionality of said one or more frequency-shifted data signals; and transmitting each of said one or more frequency-shifted data signals to a respective one of said repeater PCBs or said one or more target PCBs.