Patent ID: 9143196
Filing Date: 2015-09-22
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of distributing a radio frequency (RF) signal to a wireless device comprising: providing a RF transmitter having an antenna output; coupling a first end of an existing in-building wire network to the antenna output of the RF transmitter; transmitting a RF signal from the RF transmitter into the in-building wire network such that the in-building wire network operates as a waveguide; coupling a removable supplemental antenna to a second end of the in-building wire network, wherein the removable supplemental antenna is impedance matched to an impedance of the in-building wire network without the use of a separate impedance matching element; transmitting the RF signal from the removable supplemental antenna to free air without passing the RF signal through a second active RF transmitting device at the second end of the in-building wire network; and receiving the RF signal with the wireless device.