Patent ID: 8244175

Claim:
A method for wireless communication, the method comprising: mitigating, via spatial isolation, signal interference between receive (Rx) and transmit (Tx) signals in a repeater device, wherein said mitigating comprises utilizing beamforming during said reception and/or transmission of extremely high frequency (EHF) signals in said repeater device; and forwarding, via said repeater device, EHF signals to extend a range of EHF signals communicated between a plurality of wireless devices, said forwarding comprises: receiving an EHF signal via a plurality of receive antenna elements, wherein said receiving comprising: amplifying each of a plurality of signals received via said plurality of receive antenna elements; phase shifting each of said plurality of amplified signals; and combining said plurality of amplified and phase shifted signals to generate a combined signal corresponding to said EHF signal; and transmitting said combined signal via a plurality of transmit antenna elements, wherein said transmitting comprises: generating a plurality of transmit signals corresponding to said plurality of transmit antenna elements, and each of said plurality of transmit signals is generated by: phase shifting said combined signal; and amplifying said phase shifted signal.