Radio and system

A system comprising:

• a plurality of radios, wherein;
• each of the plurality of radios being a radio for networked relaying of radio signals within a first frequency band, the radio comprising:
• a first transceiver for the first frequency band, the first transceiver being electronically steerable to a first direction;
• a second transceiver for the first frequency band, wherein the radio is configured to relay a radio signal received by the second transceiver to the first transceiver via an analog signal path and to retransmit the radio signal using the first transceiver;
• and
• a control transceiver for communicating with a wireless network comprising a plurality of other radios using a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, each of the plurality of other radios comprising same elements as the radio;
• the wireless network is formed between the plurality of radios, and wherein each radio of the plurality of radios is configured to coordinate with other radios of the plurality of radios via the wireless network to:
• control the first transceiver and the second transceiver to determine a network map of the system for relaying the radio signals within the first frequency band;
• and
• determine one or more time-multiplexed routing configurations for each of the radios, wherein the radio is configured, during a time period corresponding to at least one time-multiplexed routing configuration, to steer the first transceiver to a respective first configuration direction corresponding to one of the plurality of other radios.

A method for networked relaying of radio signals within a first frequency band using a radio, the method comprising:

• coordinating the radio with a plurality of other radios to determine a network map for the relaying of the radio signals within the first frequency band, the radio comprising:
• a first transceiver for the first frequency band, the first transceiver being electronically steerable to a first direction;
• a second transceiver for the first frequency band;
• and
• a control transceiver for communicating with a wireless network comprising the plurality of other radios using a second frequency band lower than the first frequency band, each of the plurality of other radios comprising same elements as the radio;
• determining one or more time-multiplexed routing configurations of the radio;
• and
• during each of one of more time periods corresponding to time-multiplexed routing configurations:
• steering the first transceiver of the radio to a respective first configuration direction corresponding to one of the other radios;
• and
• in response to receiving a radio signal in the first frequency band using the second transceiver, relaying that radio signal via an analog signal path and retransmitting that radio signal using the first transceiver.