Patent ID: 7123940

Claim:
A communication system for providing communication services to user communication devices, the communication system comprising: a omni-directional transmitting base antenna at a first location where the first location is not a customer premise; a transmitter connected to the transmitting antenna and configured to transmit first wireless signals via the transmitting antenna; a first directional receiving antenna at the first location wherein an angle of the first directional receiving antenna is 36 degrees and the first directional receiving antenna is directed toward a first angular area of 36 degrees; a second directional receiving antenna at the first location wherein an angle of the second directional receiving antenna is 12 degrees and the second directional receiving antenna is directed toward a second angular area of 12 degrees and where the second angular area is contained within the first angular area; at least one receiver connected to the first and second directional receiving antennas and configured to receive a second and third wireless signals via the first and second directional receiving antennas wherein the second and third wireless signals are in the Multichannel Multipoint Distribution Service (MMDS) frequency range; and a communication interface connected to the transmitter, the receiver, and a communication network and configured to provide the communication services between the communication network and the user communication devices.