Method and system for connecting cells and microcells in a wireless communications network

A method of communicating wireless information in a wireless communications network, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving in at least one repeater a wireless signal from a wireless end-user device at a first frequency range, and a communications signal at a second frequency range;
• processing in said at least one repeater a) said wireless signals to produce frequency-modulated signals that are transmitted over a radio link operative at said second frequency range, and b) said communications signals to produce said wireless signal that is transmitted to said wireless end-user devices at said first frequency range;
• receiving in a hub located within line-of-sight of said at least one repeater a) a data signal from a networking device of said wireless communications network, and b) said frequency-modulated signal from said at least one repeater, said hub including a polarization duplexer that uses orthogonal polarizations to associate such received communications signal to a particular repeater that transmitted thereto said communications signal;
• processing at said hub a) said data signal to generate said commnications signal that is transmitted to said at least one repeater via said radio link, and b) said frequency-modulated signal that is demodulated to be subsequently modulated at a selected carrier frequency for communication to a transceiver which terminates a wired transmission link connected to said communications device.

A system for communicating wireless information in a wireless communications network, said method comprising the steps of:

• at least one repeater which a) receives a wireless signal from a wireless end-user device at a first frequency range, and a communications signal at a second frequency range, and b) processes i) said wireless signal to produce a frequency-modulated signal that is transmitted over a radio link operative at said second frequency range, and ii) said communications signal to produce said wireless signal that is transmitted to said wireless end-user device at said first frequency range;
• a hub that is located within line-of-sight of said at least one repeater and a) receives a data signal from a networking device of said wireless communications network, and said frequency-modulated signal from said at least one repeater b) processes i) said data signal to generate said communications signals that are transmitted to said at least one repeater via said radio link, and ii) said frequency-modulated signal that is demodulated to be subsequently modulated at a selected carrier frequency for communication to a transceiver which terminates a wired transmission link connected to said communications device, said hub including a polarization duplexer that uses orthogonal polarizations to associate each received communications signal to a particular repeater that transmitted hereto said communications signal.

A hub for use in a wireless communications network, said hub comprising

• an antenna which a) a receives modulated communications signals as a block of spectrum from a plurality of repeaters via respective radio links, said repeaters being placed within line-of-sight of said hub, and arranged to receive from nearby mobile end-users devices wireless end-user signals that are processed in said repeaters to produce said modulated communications signals, and b) transmits to said repeaters via said radio links information signals received from a networking device of said wireless communications network;
• a polarization duplexer that uses orthogonal polarizations to associate each received communications signal to a particular repeater that transmitted thereto said communications signal;
• a first processor which converts said information signals into a format suitable for transmission over said respective radio links;
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• a second processor which demodulates said modulated communications signals to produce demodulated near baseband signals that are subsequently up converted to a selected carrier frequency for communication to a transceiver which terminates a transmission link connected to said networking device.