WLAN distributed antenna system
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
- (a) at least one WLAN access point;
(b) a plurality of passive antennas; and
(c) a WLAN service combiner, for operationally connecting said at least one WLAN access point to said passive antennas, said WLAN service combiner including a respective active component for each said passive antenna.
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Abstract
In a wireless communication system, each of a plurality of passive antennas is operationally connected to one or more WLAN access points via a respective active component, for example a bidirectional amplifier, of a WLAN service combiner. Optionally, for each antenna, a cross-band duplexer in the WLAN service combiner provides an operational connection to cellular services. Alternatively, the antennas are dedicated to the WLAN access point(s). Such a system provides WLAN services in areas of a building using only enough WLAN access points per area to provide adequate capacity.
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19 Claims
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1. A wireless communication system comprising:
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(a) at least one WLAN access point;
(b) a plurality of passive antennas; and
(c) a WLAN service combiner, for operationally connecting said at least one WLAN access point to said passive antennas, said WLAN service combiner including a respective active component for each said passive antenna. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A wireless communication system, comprising:
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(a) at least one WLAN access point; and
(b) a plurality of passive antennas, operationally connected to said at least one WLAN access point;
wherein said passive antennas are dedicated to said at least one WLAN access point. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A WLAN service combiner, for operationally connecting at least one WLAN access point to a plurality of passive antennas, comprising:
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(a) a sufficient number of combiner/splitters to operationally connect the passive antennas to the at least one WLAN access point; and
(b) for each passive antenna, a respective active component, said each passive antenna being operationally connected to the at least one WLAN access point via said respective active component and via at least one of said combiner/splitters. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A method of providing wireless communication services in at least one area of a building, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing each of the at least one area with a respective WLAN access point;
(b) providing each of the at least one area with a respective plurality of passive antennas; and
(c) in each of the at least one area, operationally connecting said respective WLAN access point to said plurality of passive antennas using a WLAN service combiner that includes, for each antenna of said respective plurality of passive antennas, a respective active component. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of providing wireless communication services in at least one area of a building, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing each of the at least one area with a respective WLAN access point;
(b) providing each of the at least one area with a respective plurality of passive antennas; and
(c) in each of the at least one area, operationally connecting said respective WLAN access point to said plurality of passive antennas;
wherein, in each of the at least one area, said respective plurality of passive antennas is dedicated to said respective WLAN access point.
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