MONITORING NON-SUPPORTED WIRELESS SPECTRUM WITHIN COVERAGE AREAS OF DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEMS (DASs)

A system for monitoring non-supported wireless spectrum within a coverage area of a distributed antenna system (DAS) having head-end equipment (HEE) and a plurality of remote units, comprising:

• a plurality of antennas configured to receive one or more electromagnetic signals;
• a listening module connected to at least one of the plurality of remote units connected to at least one of the plurality of antennas comprising:
• at least one input configured to receive the electromagnetic signals from the at least one antenna;
• at least one output configured to transmit the electromagnetic signals over at least one uplink path of the DAS;
• and
• at least one listening path disposed between the at least one input and the at least one output and configured to pass a non-supported radio band different than a supported radio band of the DAS to the at least one output;
• and
• a monitoring module connected to the HEE comprising:
• at least one input configured to receive the non supported radio band passed by the at least one listening path of the listening module.

A method of monitoring non-supported wireless spectrum within a coverage area of a distributed antenna system (DAS) comprising:

• receiving, at a plurality of antennas, one or more electromagnetic signals;
• receiving, at a listening module connected to at least one of a plurality of remote units of the DAS, the one or more electromagnetic signals from at least one of the plurality of antennas;
• and
• passing the one or more electromagnetic signals in a non-supported radio band different than a supported radio band of the DAS to an output of the listening module.