Patent ID: 9554284
Date: 2017-01-24
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04W

Claim:
1. A system for communicating wireless signals, comprising: a native passive optical network (PON) between a central office (CO) and network subscribers, the CO having an optical line terminal OLT connected to an optical combiner and a plurality of wireless base stations connected through a RF/Optic converter to the optical combiner; wherein the RF/Optic converter is configured to receive said wireless base stations radio frequency (RF) signals, wherein said wireless base stations RF signals are signals of multiple types of wireless networks and convert said wireless base stations RF signals to and from corresponding optical signals, and shifting a band of each of said base station RF signals to a different frequency band of said PON according to a shared wavelength shifted frequencies process to yield a reduced bandwidth of the RF/Optic converter; wherein the optical combiner combines signals of the OLT and signals of the wireless base stations for communication over the PON with at least one optical network unit (ONU) at a location of one or more of the network subscribers, whereby signals of the OLT and converted wireless base station signals are carried together over the PON; a fiber mounted wireless antenna unit (FMCA) having an optical interface and a wireless antenna, and communicating wireless signals of the wireless antenna with the ONU, including performing conversions between wireless RF signals and optical signals; wherein the FMCA obtains the converted wireless base stations signals from the PON and converts them back to provide reconverted RF signals for transmission by the FMCA using the wireless antenna, and obtains wireless RF signals from the wireless antenna and converts them to provide optical signals for communication over the PON to one of the wireless base station at the CO, thereby providing wireless coverage at the location of the one or more of the network subscribers.