REPEATER TECHNIQUES FOR MULTIPLE INPUT MULTIPLE OUTPUT UTILIZING BEAM FORMERS

摘要

A repeater for a wireless communication network includes a first receptio n antenna for receiving a reception signal on a first path from one of an ac cess point, another repeater or a wireless station device; a second receptio n antenna for receiving the reception signal on a second path; a reception w eighting circuit for applying first and second weights to the reception sign al to generate a first weighted reception signal and a second weighted recep tion signal; a signal combiner for combining the first and second weighted r eception signals according to various mathematical combinations to generate a plurality of combined reception signals; and a transmission antenna for tr ansmitting a transmission signal corresponding to one of the combined recept ion signals to one of the access point, the another repeater or the wireless station device.