Patent ID: 7929940

Claim:
A system, comprising: a structure-side subsystem; and a network-side subsystem connected to the structure-side subsystem via a transport media bus that is one of a coaxial cable, optical fiber or twisted pair of copper wires, wherein the structure-side subsystem includes a first signal conditioner adapted to condition a forward link digital service signal (DSS) of a wireless communication system for transmission via a powerline of a structure, wherein said first signal conditioner is further adapted to extract said forward link digital service signal (DSS) from the transport media bus; and an antenna module, directly connected to the first signal conditioner via the powerline, adapted to modulate an RF carrier with said forward link digital service signal (DSS) to generate a forward link radio frequency (RF) service signal (RSS) for transmission via a wireless medium at said structure; and wherein the network-side subsystem includes a second signal conditioner adapted to condition said forward link digital service signal (DSS) for transmission to said first signal conditioner by way of said transport media bus, wherein said second signal conditioner is adapted to directly receive said forward link digital service signal (DSS) from a base transceiver station (BTS) of said wireless communication system via a hard-wired antenna feed.