US 11,750,280 B2
Millimeter wave repeater systems and methods
Daniel Schwab, Gersthofen (DE); Felix Lübbers, Augsburg (DE); Joerg Stefanik, Donauworth (DE); Patrick Braun, Munningen (DE); Thomas Kummetz, Kissing (DE); Alfons Dussmann, Gansheim (DE); Klaus Uwe Rosenschild, Donauwörth (DE); and Ahmed H. Hmimy, Richardson, TX (US)
Assigned to COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,739.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,787, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328664 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 27/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/204 (2006.01); H01Q 21/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/026 (2017.01)
CPC H04B 7/2041 (2013.01) [H01Q 21/0025 (2013.01); H04B 7/026 (2013.01); H04B 7/2043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An over-the-air millimeter wave repeater for a communications network, the repeater comprising:
a repeater donor unit that includes a first plurality of modular electronic components, wherein a modular electronic component is a self-contained component of hardware comprising electronics and circuits that form a subsystem that performs a designated function in conjunction with elements of a larger system within the repeater that can be installed and removed to provide the system within the repeater with a desired operational configuration; and
a repeater access point coupled to the repeater donor unit, wherein the repeater access point includes a second plurality of modular electronic components;
wherein the repeater donor unit communicates downlink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals received from a base station to the repeater access point and radiates uplink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals received from the repeater access point to the base station;
wherein the repeater access point radiates the downlink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals received from the repeater donor unit into a coverage area, receives the uplink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals received from the coverage area, and communicates the uplink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals to the repeater donor unit;
wherein the first plurality of modular electronic components includes a modular donor antenna component and at least one of a modular donor signal conditioning component, a modular donor signal interface component, and a modular donor controller; and
wherein the second plurality of modular electronic components includes a modular coverage antenna component and at least one of a modular coverage signal conditioning component, a modular coverage signal interface component, and a modular coverage controller.