REPEATER AND METHODS FOR USE THEREWITH

摘要

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a repeater device having a first coupler to extract downstream channel signals from first guided electromagnetic waves bound to a transmission medium of a guided wave communication system. An amplifier amplifies the downstream channel signals to generate amplified downstream channel signals. A channel selection filter selects one or more of the amplified downstream channel signals to wirelessly transmit to the at least one client device via an antenna. A second coupler guides the amplified downstream channel signals to the transmission medium of the guided wave communication system to propagate as second guided electromagnetic waves. Other embodiments are disclosed.

主权项

1. A repeater device, comprising:
an amplifier configured to amplify first channel signals and a reference signal to generate amplified first channel signals and an amplified reference signal, wherein the first channel signals and reference signal are extracted from a distributed antenna system; a channel selection filter configured to select one or more of the amplified first channel signals; a transmitter configured to convert the amplified first channel signals to a spectral segment for wireless transmission to at least one device via a first antenna of the distributed antenna system based on the amplified reference signal, wherein the amplified reference signal reduces a phase error in converting the amplified first channel signals to the spectral segment; and a channel duplexer configured to transfer at least a portion of the amplified first channel signals to the distributed antenna system for use by an other repeater device of the distributed antenna system having a second antenna and further to transfer the first channel signals to the channel selection filter.