Repeaters and beamforming control in a wireless network

A method comprising

• receiving a communication from a repeater wireless station in a network environment;
• in response to the communication, establishing a wireless communication link between a wireless base station and the repeater wireless station;
• communicating beamforming control information from the wireless base station to the repeater wireless station, the beamforming control information controlling bear forming of wireless connectivity between the repeater wireless station and a first mobile communication device;
• and
• at the wireless base station, receiving a replica preamble wireless communication from the repeater wireless station, the replica preamble wireless communication being a replica of a preamble communication generated by the first mobile communication device and received by the repeater wireless station over the wireless connectivity, the preamble communication generated by to establish a connection with the wireless base station.

A system comprising:

• communication management hardware operative to:
• receive a communication from a repeater wireless station in a network environment;
• in response to the communication, establish a wireless communication link between a wireless base station and the repeater wireless station;
• communicate beamforming control information from the wireless base station to the repeater wireless station, the beamforming control information controlling beamforming of wireless connectivity between the repeater wireless station and a first mobile communication device;
• and
• wherein the beamforming control information indicates which of multiple wireless beams transmitted by the wireless base station are to be repeated by the repeater wireless station.

Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when carried out by computer processor hardware, cause the computer processor hardware to control a set of multiple repeater wireless stations and to:

• receive a communication from a repeater wireless station in a network environment;
• in response to the communication, establish a wireless communication link between a wireless base station and the repeater wireless station;
• communicate beamforming control information from the wireless base station to the repeater wireless station, the beamforming control information controlling beamforming of wireless connectivity between the repeater wireless station and a first mobile communication device;
• and
• wherein the bean forming control information indicates which of multiple wireless beams transmitted by the wireless base station are to be repeated by the repeater wireless station.