Systems and methods for reconfigurable repeaters for wireless telecommunications

A wireless radio frequency (RF) communication system, the system comprising:

• one or more wireless communications network base station;
• and
• an RF signal repeater switchable between single-input-single-output (SISO) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) operating modes, wherein the RF signal repeater comprises a first donor antenna and a second donor antenna for communicating with the one or more wireless communications network base station, and a first coverage antenna and a second coverage antenna for communicating with one or more user equipment (UE) within a coverage area;
• wherein the RF signal repeater further comprises:
• a repeater controller;
• a first bidirectional transmitter path coupled to the repeater controller, and switchably coupled to a first donor antenna and a first coverage antenna;
• a second bidirectional transmitter path coupled to the repeater controller, and switchably coupled to a second donor antenna and a second coverage antenna;
• a first bidirectional receiver path coupled to the repeater controller, and switchably coupled to the first donor antenna and the first coverage antenna;
• and
• a second bidirectional receiver path coupled to the repeater controller, and switchably coupled to the second donor antenna and the second coverage antenna;
• wherein the repeater controller is adapted to configure the repeater for a MIMO time-division-duplex (TDD) operating mode by:
• configuring the first bidirectional transmitter path and the second bidirectional receiver path to repeat at least a first MIMO channel of user equipment (UE) uplink RF signals and at least a first MIMO channel of base station downlink RF signals;
• and
• configuring the second bidirectional transmitter path and the first bidirectional receiver path to repeat at least a second MIMO channel of user equipment (UE) uplink RF signals and at least a second MIMO channel of base station downlink RF signals.