Patent ID: 7761050

Claim:
A wireless communications network for communicating with a mobile terminal, comprising: a number of repeater points having overlapping coverage areas and each comprising transceivers for communicating wirelessly with the mobile terminal; an access point comprising transceivers for communicating with the repeater points; the repeater points further comprising means for relaying signals between the mobile terminal and the access point; a signal quality measurement apparatus for determining a quality measure of signals sent by the mobile terminal and received by the access point via the repeater points; and a selector for selecting one or more repeater points to relay transmission signals from the access point to the mobile terminal, said selection based on said quality measures of the mobile terminal signals received by the access point, wherein the access point further comprises a transceiver for communicating directly with the mobile terminal and wherein the selector is further arranged to select between said repeater points and the direct access point communication transceiver for transmitting to said terminal.