Re-generation and re-transmission of millimeter waves for building penetration

A method for enabling millimeter wave signal penetration into a building, comprising:

• receiving millimeter wave signals from a transmitter on an outside of the building;
• downconverting, using a frequency downconverter, a frequency level of the millimeter wave signals to a level that overcomes losses occurring when the millimeter wave signals are transmitted from the outside of the building to an interior of the building;
• transmitting, using a transceiver, downconverted millimeter wave signals from the outside of the building to the interior of the building;
• upconverting, using a frequency upconverter, the downconverted millimeter wave signals from the frequency level that overcomes losses occurring when the millimeter wave signals are transmitted from the outside the building to the interior of the building;
• and
• transmitting upconverted signals in a second format to wireless devices within the building.

A system for enabling millimeter wave signal penetration into a building, comprising:

• a receiver located on an outside of the building for receiving millimeter wave signals;
• at least one frequency downconverter for downconverting the received millimeter wave signals to a frequency level that overcomes losses occurring when the millimeter wave signals are transmitted from the outside of the building to an interior of the building;
• transceiver circuitry for transmitting the downconverted millimeter wave signals from the outside of the building to the interior of the building;
• at least one frequency upconverter for upconverting the received downconverted millimeter wave signals from the frequency level that overcomes losses occurring when the millimeter wave signals are transmitted from the outside of the building to the interior of the building;
• and
• a second transceiver for transmitting the upconverted millimeter wave signal in a second format to wireless devices within the building.