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Distributed antenna system

Okay kiddo, imagine you are in a big room, like a gym or a stadium, with lots of people. All these people might have phones and want to use them to make calls or use the internet, but there are too many people for the signal to work well.

So, what do we do? We use something called a distributed antenna system! It's like having lots of little helpers all around the room that make the signal stronger for everyone.

Imagine if you had a big cake and only one knife to cut it with. It would take forever to get everyone a piece, right? But if you had lots of little knives, you could cut the cake into pieces much faster and everyone would be happy.

A distributed antenna system works kind of like that. It's like we take the big signal and cut it into lots of little pieces. We place antennas all around the room, and each antenna gets a little piece of the signal. Then, all those little pieces are put together again to make one strong signal that everyone in the room can use.

So, with a distributed antenna system, everyone can use their phone or other devices with good signal strength, even in a room filled with lots of people. Pretty cool, huh?
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