Patent ID: 8023826
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: H01Q,H04W

Abstract:
1. A distributed antenna system for providing wireless communication, the system comprising: a base station hotel having a plurality of base transceiver stations, each of the plurality of base transceiver stations receiving and transmitting radio frequency signals; a plurality of antennas located remotely from the base station hotel and communicatively connected to the base station via a fiber optic cable; and an optical conversion equipment adapted to (i) receive signal from and transmit signal to the plurality of base transceiver stations, (ii) convert the signal received from the base transceiver stations into optical signal, (iii) receive optical signal from one of the plurality of antennas, and (iv) convert the optical signal and communicate the converted signal to one of the plurality of base transceiver stations, wherein each antenna of the plurality is attached to a cable-span suspended over a roadway between a respective pair of utility poles, each respective pair of utility poles comprising two utility poles situated on opposite sides of the roadway from each other, and the respective pairs of utility poles being spaced apart along a length of the roadway so as to distribute the plurality of antennas over and along the length of the roadway, and wherein each antenna comprises two directional antenna elements oriented to face in opposite directions along the length of the roadway, thereby providing wireless coverage in the opposite directions along the length of the roadway.