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Distributed antenna personal communication networks system

  • US 5,638,422 A
  • Filed: 01/15/1992
  • Issued: 06/10/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/15/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A personal communication network (PCN) system for providing wireless telephone service to a plurality of subscribers comprising a CATV network coupled to a source of TV signals for transmission along a cable of the CATV network, a first PCN node coupled to a source of telephone network signals, said PCN node receiving incoming telephone signals, converting said incoming signals to outgoing antenna signals and transmitting said outgoing antenna signals to said cable for transmission along said cable, a plurality of spaced apart first antenna nodes for parallel receipt of said outgoing antenna signals, each of said antenna nodes receiving the same antenna signals and broadcasting said signals into spaced apart geographic areas serviced by respective ones of said antenna nodes, and each of said antenna nodes receiving return broadcast signals from subscriber units within the area serviced by said each antenna node and directly transferring without alteration said return broadcast signals to said cable for transmission along said cable, said PCN node receiving said return broadcast signals from all of said antenna nodes and converting said return broadcast signals to outgoing telephone signals for transfer to said telephone network.

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