A distributed radio system comprising: - a plurality of receivers (1,2,15), each receiver being adapted to receive radio signals and to transmit respective digital signals after receiving the radio signals; wherein each receiver comprises: - an antenna (50, 60, 70) for receiving the radio signals; - a tuner (10,30,80) adapted to receive the radio signals and to down convert the radio signals and to transmit down-converted signals; - an analog to digital converter (20,40,90) adapted to receive the down-converted signal and to transform the down-converted signals into respective digital signals; - said distributed radio system further comprises: - a digital communication channel coupled to the plurality of receivers (1,2,15) and adapted to receive the respective digital signals and to transmit received digital signals; - a base-band unit coupled to the digital communication channel and adapted to combine and process the received digital signals; - wherein the received digital signals comprise information available in each receiver (1,2,15) of the plurality of receivers for exploiting a diversity gain; characterized in that: the system further comprising: a plurality of digital front ends (21', 31', 81') and a plurality of channel estimation and equalization blocks; wherein the base band unit is included in a receiver of the plurality of receivers; and each analog to digital convertor (20, 40, 90) is coupled to a respective digital front end (21', 31', 81'), and each digital front end is coupled to a respective channel estimation and equalization block (22,32,82), the respective channel estimation and equalization block being coupled to the digital communication channel; - wherein the respective channel estimation and equalization block is adapted to carry out combining and baseband processing of the received digital signals and the respective operations are offloaded from the base-band unit, wherein the digital communication channel is adapted to transfer channel estimation data to facilitate combining of signals. - a plurality of receivers (1,2,15), each receiver being adapted to receive radio signals and to transmit respective digital signals after receiving the radio signals; wherein each receiver comprises: - an antenna (50, 60, 70) for receiving the radio signals; - a tuner (10,30,80) adapted to receive the radio signals and to down convert the radio signals and to transmit down-converted signals; - an analog to digital converter (20,40,90) adapted to receive the down-converted signal and to transform the down-converted signals into respective digital signals; - an antenna (50, 60, 70) for receiving the radio signals; - a tuner (10,30,80) adapted to receive the radio signals and to down convert the radio signals and to transmit down-converted signals; - an analog to digital converter (20,40,90) adapted to receive the down-converted signal and to transform the down-converted signals into respective digital signals; - said distributed radio system further comprises: - a digital communication channel coupled to the plurality of receivers (1,2,15) and adapted to receive the respective digital signals and to transmit received digital signals; - a base-band unit coupled to the digital communication channel and adapted to combine and process the received digital signals; - a digital communication channel coupled to the plurality of receivers (1,2,15) and adapted to receive the respective digital signals and to transmit received digital signals; - a base-band unit coupled to the digital communication channel and adapted to combine and process the received digital signals; - wherein the received digital signals comprise information available in each receiver (1,2,15) of the plurality of receivers for exploiting a diversity gain; characterized in that: the system further comprising: a plurality of digital front ends (21', 31', 81') and a plurality of channel estimation and equalization blocks; wherein the base band unit is included in a receiver of the plurality of receivers; and each analog to digital convertor (20, 40, 90) is coupled to a respective digital front end (21', 31', 81'), and each digital front end is coupled to a respective channel estimation and equalization block (22,32,82), the respective channel estimation and equalization block being coupled to the digital communication channel; the system further comprising: a plurality of digital front ends (21', 31', 81') and a plurality of channel estimation and equalization blocks; wherein the base band unit is included in a receiver of the plurality of receivers; and each analog to digital convertor (20, 40, 90) is coupled to a respective digital front end (21', 31', 81'), and each digital front end is coupled to a respective channel estimation and equalization block (22,32,82), the respective channel estimation and equalization block being coupled to the digital communication channel; - wherein the respective channel estimation and equalization block is adapted to carry out combining and baseband processing of the received digital signals and the respective operations are offloaded from the base-band unit, wherein the digital communication channel is adapted to transfer channel estimation data to facilitate combining of signals.