Patent ID: 7082320
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. An in-building communication system for providing both cellular communication services and wireless local area network (WLAN) services, comprising: a WLAN access point for providing a mobile terminal with wireless access to a local area network; a cellular distributed antenna system; a cellular radio base station coupled to said cellular distributed antenna system for providing cellular communication service via said cellular distributed antenna system; and a reverse coupler for coupling the wireless local area network access point to the cellular distributed antenna system in reverse mode, wherein an input port of the coupler is connected to the distributed antenna system, an output through port of the coupler is connected to the radio base station, and a standard coupled port of the coupler is connected to the WLAN access point, wherein the WLAN access point provides WLAN service via said cellular distributed antenna system.