Directional antenna configuration for tdd repeater

Abstract

A wireless communication node, such as a repeater, including a frequency translating repeater, a physical layer (PHY) repeater, time divisional duplex repeater (TDD) and the like, is configured with a pair of directional patch antennae and an omni-directional antenna. The patch antennae can be selected depending on the orientation of the repeater package to communicate with a station such as an access point or a base station. The omni-directional antenna can be directed toward another station such as a client. The patch antennae and the omni-directional antenna can be orthogonally polarized to increase isolation and reduce electromagnetic coupling. Multiple antennae can be used in multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) configurations.

1 . A wireless communication apparatus comprising:
 a receiver portion;   a transmitter portion;   a substantially omni-directional antenna coupled to the receiver portion and the transmitter portion, wherein the wireless apparatus is configured to use the transmitter portion to transmit wireless signals from the omni-directional antenna during a first interval; and   a pair of directional antenna coupled to the receiver portion and the transmitter portion, the wireless apparatus configured to receive wireless signals using the pair of directional antenna during at least a portion of the first interval.