摘要 |
<p>A repeater is disclosed, configured to de-aggregate downlink signals as they are propagated outward from a base station (12) to mobile terminals (16) along a multi-hop repeater chain (10), and to aggregate uplink signals as they are propagated inward from mobile terminals (16) along the multi-hop repeater chain (10) to the base station (12). The repeater comprises an uplink transceiver (30) and a downlink transceiver (32) that are configured to conduct repeater-to-mobile-terminal transmissions and mobile-terminal-to-repeater receptions using a base station frequency spectrum (20) and to conduct repeater-to-repeater transmissions and receptions using a repeater frequency spectrum (22), wherein the repeater frequency spectrum (22) is outside of the base station (12) frequency spectrum. A method of a repeater is also disclosed.</p> |