If you are wondering what a Cellular Distributed Antenna System (DAS) is or a what a Donor antenna or Server antenna are, you have come to the right place.

We explain in simple terms what a DAS, Donor Antenna and a Server Antenna are when used in a Cellular System.

What is a mobile phone DAS?

DAS is the acronym for Distributed Antenna System.

A DAS is an independent antenna system that can have one or many more antennas to boost and receive signals from devices out in the field. A Distributed Antenna System is connected to a booster or repeater to strengthen the signals and traditionally was an in-building solution but can be used in many more applications such as vehicles, transport, sports fields and remote areas that need antennas closer to the users devices to utilise the stronger signals generated from the booster or repeater.

What is a Cellular Donor Antenna?

A Donor antenna is the antenna that communicates between the booster/repeater and the cellular tower such as the Telstra, Optus or Vodafone cell towers.

These are bi directional antennas as they receive the signals from the towers and they also broadcast the signals to the towers.

What is a Cellular Server Antenna?

A server antenna is the antenna that communicates between the booster/repeater and the mobile phone.

These are also a bi directional antenna as they broadcast the signals from the booster/repeater to the users mobile phones and they also receive the signals from the mobile phones and send the signals back to the booster/repeater.