Patent ID: 8400292

Claim:
A distributed antenna system, comprising: a master unit; a location capture processing unit; a plurality of remote units with coverage antennas in communication with the master unit; and a plurality of sensors in a sensor network, the sensors positioned each proximate to respective coverage antennas of the plurality of remote unit coverage antennas and in communication with the location capture processing unit, each sensor of the plurality of sensors including: a controller; a RF receiver configured to receive RF signals from mobile devices, the RF receiver in communication with the controller; the RF receiver integrated for communication with a remote unit or coverage antenna of the distributed antenna system for providing RF communications in the distributed antenna system; a localization engine configured to receive beacon signals, the localization engine coupled in communication with the controller; the controller of each of the plurality of sensors being configured to determine position information associated with its respective sensor using at least one of the RF signals from the RF receiver or the beacon signals from the localization engine, and the sensors of the plurality of sensors operable for communicating their position information to the location capture processing unit.