In-building radio frequency communications system with automatic failover recovery
OwnerErnest Manninventor
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Abstract
An improved in-building radio frequency communications system with automatic failover recovery comprising a primary external antenna and at least one ancillary external antenna, each antenna directed to a primary transmission tower and to at least one ancillary transmission tower, respectively, and a diversity site donor system capable of monitoring the strength and/or quality of the radio frequency signals received from the primary transmission tower and switching communications between the primary transmission tower and the ancillary transmission tower(s) based on the strength and/or quality of the radio frequency signals received from the primary transmission tower.
Claims11
An in-building radio frequency communications system comprising
- a primary external antenna, suitably configured to receive and transmit radio frequency signals, said primary external antenna located on an exterior of a structure and oriented towards a primary radio frequency signal transmission tower such that the primary external antenna is capable of transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals to and from the primary radio frequency signal transmission tower;
- an ancillary external antenna, suitably configured to receive and transmit radio frequency signals, said ancillary external antenna located on the exterior of the structure and oriented towards an ancillary radio frequency signal transmission tower such that the ancillary external antenna is capable of transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals to and from the ancillary radio frequency signal transmission tower;
- a donor site diversity system, in connection with the primary external antenna and with the ancillary external antenna, said donor site diversity system suitably configured to monitor the strength and quality of the radio frequency signals received from the primary radio frequency signal transmission tower and capable of switching between the primary radio frequency signal transmission tower and the ancillary radio frequency signal transmission tower based on the strength and quality of the radio frequency signals received from the primary radio frequency signal transmission tower;
- an internal antenna, suitably configured to receive and transmit radio frequency signals, said internal antenna located within an interior of the structure such that the internal antenna is capable of transmitting and receiving radio frequency signals to and from one or more wireless communication devices located within the structure;
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- a bi-directional amplifier, in connection with the donor site diversity system and with the internal antenna, said bi-directional amplifier suitably configured to increase the strength of radio frequency signals received from the radio frequency signal transmission towers through the external antennas and received from the wireless communication devices through the internal antenna.
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