Millimeter wave repeater systems and methods

A repeater network, the network comprising:

• a plurality of the over-the-air millimeter wave repeaters, wherein one or more of the plurality of the over-the-air millimeter wave repeaters comprises:
• 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 one or more over-the-air-millimeter wave repeater that can be installed and removed to provide the larger system within the one or more over-the-air-millimeter wave repeater with a desired operational configuration;
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• 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 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;
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• 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.

A mobile computer device, the mobile computer device comprising:

• a processor coupled to a memory, wherein the memory stored information about at least one radiation pattern for at least one over-the-air millimeter wave repeater in communication with the mobile computer device, wherein the at least one over-the-air millimeter wave repeater comprises a repeater donor unit coupled to at least one repeater access point, 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, and 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 from the coverage area, and communicates the uplink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals to the repeater donor unit;
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• a radio frequency transceiver configured to receive the downlink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals received from the base station;
• wherein the processor executes an application that decodes the downlink millimeter wave spectrum wireless signals and based on the radiation pattern for the at least one over-the-air millimeter wave repeater, determines a base station downlink signal quality that would be observed by the at least one over-the-air millimeter wave repeater when deployed near the mobile computer device.