Base station bandwidth allocation for extending coverage within a cell

Abstract

A wireless communication system (20) utilizes a first frequency from a bandwidth provided by a base station (24) for communications between the base station (24) and mobile stations (26, 28) using at least one intermediary transceiver (42-52). The intermediary transceivers receive communications from at least one of the mobile stations (26, 28) or the base station (24) on the first frequency and transmit that communication on the first frequency. The intermediary transceivers (42-52) also transmit a corresponding relaying communication on a second frequency from the bandwidth provided by the base station (24). In this example, the second frequency along with other frequencies from the base station bandwidth provides wireless backhaul for communications between the intermediary transceivers, which are strategically located to extend coverage within a desired area, such as the interior of a building.

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