SIMULCAST WITH HIERARCHICAL CELL STRUCTURE OVERLAY

摘要

Apparatus and a method are disclosed for a wireless telephony system to eliminate blind areas where signal coverage is weak or non-existent by providing remote transceivers that are physically located in the blind areas. A central transceiver located with a base telephone station (111a-e) and tower mounted antenna receives (110a-e) wireless telephony signals being transmitted by the antenna to a wireless telephone and forwards it over either dedicated or existing broadband distribution network, such as a cable television distribution network (115), to the remote transceiver which transmits the same telephony signals in the blind area to a wireless telephone operating in the blind area.