Patent ID: 7286507
Filing Date: 2007-10-23
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A distributed antenna system (DAS) comprising: a DAS hub, wherein the DAS hub communicates with a cellular radio access network (RAN) on one or more RAN coverage segments defined by the RAN; a plurality of DAS antenna units; a packet-switched network connecting the DAS hub with the DAS antenna units, wherein each DAS antenna unit has an address on the packet-switched network, wherein the packet-switched network comprises an Internet Protocol (IP) network, and wherein each address on the packet-switched network comprises an IP address; and data storage containing mapping data that correlates the DAS antenna units with the one or more RAN coverage segments, wherein the DAS hub uses the mapping data to route communication traffic between the one or more RAN coverage segments and the network addresses of the DAS antenna units, and wherein the mapping data is alterable to modify correlations between the one or more RAN coverage segments and the IP addresses of the DAS antenna units, so as to alter a distribution of RAN capacity among the DAS antenna units.