Hybrid digital-analog mmwave repeater/relay with full duplex

A method for transmitting millimeter wave signals, comprising:

• communicating with a plurality of remote locations over millimeter wave communications links through a plurality of transceivers, wherein the step of communicating further comprises;
• transmitting signals from a transmitter array portion of a patch antenna array including a plurality of patch antennas;
• receiving signals on a receiver array portion of the patch antenna array including the plurality of patch antennas;
• locating the transmitter array portion in a first orientation and the receiver array portion in a second orientation to limit interference between the transmitted signals and the received signals;
• converting between millimeter wave signals and baseband signals using baseband processing circuitry;
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• relaying the millimeter wave signals between at least a first millimeter wave transceiver at first one of the plurality of remote locations and a second millimeter wave transceiver at a second one of the plurality of remote locations.

A system for transmitting millimeter wave signals, comprising:

• a first millimeter wave transceiver for transmitting and receiving millimeter wave signals from a first remote location;
• a second millimeter wave transceiver for transmitting and receiving the millimeter wave signals from a second remote location;
• a plurality of transceivers for communicating with the first and the second millimeter wave transceivers over millimeter wave communications links, wherein each of the plurality of transceivers further comprises;
• a patch antenna array including a plurality of patch antennas, the plurality of patch antennas including a transmitter array portion in a first orientation for transmitting signals to the first and the second millimeter wave transceivers and a receiver array portion in a second orientation for receiving signals from the first and the second millimeter wave transceivers, wherein the first and second orientations limit interference between the transmitted signals and the received signals;
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• wherein the plurality of transceivers relay the millimeter wave signals between at least the first millimeter wave transceiver at the first remote location and the second millimeter wave transceiver at the second remote location.