Patent ID: 7676196

Claim:
A telecommunications system for providing service to a cellular device located within a radio-frequency (RF) shadow of a communication station including a transmitter and a receiver, the system comprising: a line-of-sight (LOS) antenna for receiving a transmitter signal from the station; a plurality of shadow antennas each in communication with the LOS antenna, located within a line of sight of the RF shadow, and for receiving a cellular signal from the cellular device; a splitter disposed between the LOS antenna and each of the plurality of shadow antennas and for splitting the transmitter signal into a corresponding plurality of transmitter signals respectively communicated to the shadow antennas; the LOS antenna for receiving cellular signals from the shadow antennas and for transmitting the cellular signals to the station; each of the shadow antennas for receiving a respective one of the transmitter signals from the LOS antenna and transmitting the respective transmitter signal to the RF shadow; and a plurality of amplification sections respectively disposed between the shadow antennas and the splitter each for amplifying a respectively received transmitter signal and for amplifying the cellular signal received by a respective one of the shadow antennas.