Abstract: For use in a cellular radio-telephone system to enhance a signal from a cell site in an area shadowed by an obstruction such as a building or a mountain or the like, and to receive signals from subscribers in such areas, a cell enhancer includes bidirectional receivers, transmitters and amplifiers, the receivers and transmitters both including duplexer circuits for coupling signals in the proper up-link and down-link bands to the proper up-link and down-link antennas for transmission. Two embodiments of amplifiers are disclosed. A wideband amplifier network includes an input duplexer, a wideband amplifier with an attenuator, and an output duplexer, the duplexers coupling signals from both the up-link and down-link duplexer circuits to the amplifier for amplification. A narrow band network includes a plurality of amplifier modules each of which amplify only on one up-link and down-link channel assigned to the cell.

Abstract: A cell enhancer for use by one cellular provider in a cellular radio-telephone system includes a wideband amplifier for amplifying both down-link and up-link signals and a filter system for ensuring that signals outside of the cellular bands are not amplified. The filter system includes a wideband filter that passes at least the voice channels assigned to the cellular provider in the cell and a narrow band filter that passes the paging/access control channel in the cell. By using the filter system, signals outside the band assigned to the cellular provider, and particularly signals in the band assigned to the other cellular provider which may be present in the area, will not be amplified by the cell enhancer.