Patent ID: 8669916

Claim:
An in-building distributed antenna system for providing wireless coverage within a coverage area which includes at least a portion of a structure with at least two floors, the in-building distributed antenna system comprising: a multiple-input and multiple-output radio comprising a first branch connector and a second branch connector; a first branch transport medium coupled to the first branch connector; a second branch transport medium coupled to the second branch connector; and a plurality of antennas, the plurality of antennas comprising one or more first branch antennas coupled to the first branch transport medium and one or more second branch antennas coupled to the second branch transport medium, the first branch antennas being vertically interleaved with the second branch antennas in the structure such that a first branch floor is provided which includes only first branch antennas and a second branch floor is provided adjacent to the first branch floor, the second branch floor including only second branch antennas, and wherein at least one of the first branch floor and the second branch floor includes two or more antennas.