Patent ID: 7813641

Claim:
A fiber optic cable topology for a fiber optic repeater distributed antenna system network, comprising: a first base transceiver station hub; a second base transceiver station hub; a fiber optic backbone coupled between the first base transceiver station hub and the second base transceiver station hub, wherein the fiber optic backbone includes a plurality of optical fibers; and a distributed antenna system (DAS) repeater node coupled to the first base transceiver station hub and the second base transceiver station hub; wherein an optical fiber is broken out from the fiber optic backbone and includes a first portion and a second portion, wherein the first portion is coupled between the first base transceiver station hub and the DAS repeater node, and wherein the second portion is coupled between the second base transceiver station hub and the DAS repeater node; wherein the DAS repeater node transmits signals generated by the first base transceiver station hub to provide first base transceiver station hub coverage to at least a section of an area serviced by the first base transceiver station hub; and wherein optical fibers of the plurality of optical fibers of the fiber optic backbone not broken out from the fiber optic backbone are coupled between the first base transceiver station hub and the second base transceiver station hub.