Patent ID: 8190210
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H01Q

Abstract:
1. A radio communications apparatus comprising: an internal tower support frame forming an internal vertical shaft having a rectangular boundary; a radio frequency transparent façade, the façade and internal tower support frame coupled together to form an obelisk having a monolithic exterior shaft comprising four upwardly tapering side surfaces and top pyramid surfaces, and the rectangular boundary of the internal tower support frame is substantially aligned with the four side surfaces of the exterior shaft of the obelisk; an antenna array within the obelisk and coupled to at least one antenna support of the internal tower support frame; a base structure, the base structure supporting the internal tower support frame, the base structure comprising a communications equipment room; and a set of antenna array supports coupled to the internal tower support, each antenna array support of the set of antenna array supports is aligned at a skewed angle with respect to the four side surfaces of the exterior shaft of the obelisk.