Patent ID: 9332402
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H03M,H04B,H04L,H04N,H04Q,H04W,Y10S

Claim Text:
1. A system for digital transport of a wireless spectrum, the system comprising: a first unit; and a plurality of second units communicatively coupled to the first unit using at least one wired communication link and remotely located from the first unit; wherein each of the plurality of second units receives a respective analog wireless signal comprising the wireless spectrum and any transmissions from any wireless units within a respective coverage area associated with that second unit; wherein each of the plurality of second units is configured to generate respective digital samples indicative of at least a portion of the wireless spectrum of the respective analog wireless signal received at that second unit; wherein each of the plurality of second units is configured to communicate the respective digital samples generated by that second unit to the first unit using the at least one wired communication link; wherein the first unit is configured to digitally sum corresponding digital samples derived from the digital samples received from the plurality of second units to produce summed digital samples; and wherein the system is configured so that an input used for base station processing is derived from the resulting summed digital samples.