Patent ID: 9668142
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a first unit to receive a first wireless service provider signal from a first wireless service provider network operated by a first wireless service provider and to receive a second wireless service provider signal from a second wireless service provider network operated by a second wireless service provider; wherein the first unit comprises a transport medium interface to produce a common transport signal from the first wireless service provider signal and from the second wireless service provider signal and to communicate the common transport signal on a common transport medium; wherein the system further comprises a plurality of remotely located second units, each second unit connected to the common transport medium to receive the common transport signals from the common transport medium, and each second unit comprising first equipment associated with the first wireless service provider and second equipment associated with the second wireless service provider; wherein, for each of the second units, the first equipment in that second unit produces a respective first wireless service signal to be radiated from at least one antenna associated with that second unit, the respective first wireless service signal being produced from the common transport signal; and wherein, for each of the second units, the second equipment in that second unit produces a respective second wireless service signal using the second equipment included in that second unit to be radiated from at least one antenna associated with that second unit, the respective second wireless service signal being produced from the common transport signal; and wherein the system further comprises a common network management system configured to: receive first control messages from a first wireless service provider network management system operated by the first wireless service provider; receive second control messages from a second wireless service provider network management system operated by the second wireless service provider; forward the first control messages to the first equipment in the second units using the common transport medium; and forward the second control messages to the second equipment in the second units using the common transport medium.