Patent ID: 9681308
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: H01Q,H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method of distributing a broadband wireless signal in a building comprising: providing a transmitter operatively associated with first and second base antennas; inserting the first and second base antennas into one or more ducts of a ventilation system of a building, wherein each of the one or more ducts has a rectangular cross section; transmitting a wireless broadband signal from the transmitter through the first and second base antennas; providing a receiver operatively associated with one or more device antennas; receiving the wireless broadband signal with the receiver, through the one or more device antennas; and optimizing a transverse electric propagation mode of the wireless broadband signal by placing the first and second base antennas each at a location in the corresponding duct a distance of w/(2m) from a duct wall, where “w” is defined as the width of the duct at the location of the corresponding antenna and “m” is defined as a desired transverse electric mode.