Directional antenna configuration for TDD repeater
First Claim
1. A wireless communication node in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication node having a receiver portion and a transmitter portion for simultaneously receiving and transmitting, the receiver portion and the transmitter portion tuning over a range of overlapping frequencies, the wireless communication node comprising:
- a substantially omni-directional antenna coupled to the receiver portion and the transmitter portion, the substantially omni-directional antenna configured to transmit using the transmitter portion during a first interval; and
a pair of directional antennae coupled to the receiver portion and the transmitter portion, the pair of directional antennae configured to simultaneously receive using the receiver portion while transmitting with the substantially omni-directional antenna using the transmitter portion during the first interval, wherein the substantially omni-directional antenna is further configured to receive using the receiver portion during a second interval and the pair of directional antennae is further configured to simultaneously transmit using the transmitter portion while receiving with the substantially omni-directional antenna using the receiver portion during the second interval.
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Abstract
A wireless communication node, such as a repeater, including a frequency translating repeater, a physical layer (PHY) repeater, time divisional duplex repeater (TDD) and the like, is configured with a pair of directional patch antennae and an omni-directional antenna. The patch antennae can be selected depending on the orientation of the repeater package to communicate with a station such as an access point or a base station. The omni-directional antenna can be directed toward another station such as a client. The patch antennae and the omni-directional antenna can be orthogonally polarized to increase isolation and reduce electromagnetic coupling. Multiple antennae can be used in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) configurations.
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26 Claims
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1. A wireless communication node in a wireless communication system, the wireless communication node having a receiver portion and a transmitter portion for simultaneously receiving and transmitting, the receiver portion and the transmitter portion tuning over a range of overlapping frequencies, the wireless communication node comprising:
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a substantially omni-directional antenna coupled to the receiver portion and the transmitter portion, the substantially omni-directional antenna configured to transmit using the transmitter portion during a first interval; and
a pair of directional antennae coupled to the receiver portion and the transmitter portion, the pair of directional antennae configured to simultaneously receive using the receiver portion while transmitting with the substantially omni-directional antenna using the transmitter portion during the first interval, wherein the substantially omni-directional antenna is further configured to receive using the receiver portion during a second interval and the pair of directional antennae is further configured to simultaneously transmit using the transmitter portion while receiving with the substantially omni-directional antenna using the receiver portion during the second interval. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A frequency translating repeater having a receiver and a transmitter for simultaneously receiving and transmitting, the repeater comprising:
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a substantially omni-directional antenna coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the transmitter configured to transmit using the substantially omni-directional antenna during a first repeating interval; and
a pair of directional patch antennae coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the receiver configured to simultaneously receive using the pair of directional patch antennae while transmitting during the first repeating interval, wherein the receiver is further configured to receive using the substantially omni-directional antenna during a second repeating interval, and the transmitter is further configured to simultaneously transmit using the pair of directional patch antennae while receiving during the second repeating interval. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An integrated antenna array in a wireless communication node, the integrated antenna array comprising:
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a substrate having a first end portion and a second end portion and side portions opposite each other, the substrate including a ground plane and circuitry associated with the wireless communication node;
a first patch antenna element located over a first one of the side portions of the substrate on the first end thereof;
a second patch antenna element located over a second one of the side portions of the substrate on the first end thereof, the first and second patch antenna elements having the same polarization;
a substantially omni-directional antenna element located on the second end of the substrate apart from the first end, the substantially omni-directional antenna element having a polarization orthogonal to the polarization of the first and the second patch antenna elements. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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