A method of wireless communication comprising: a) at a base station hotel comprising a plurality of base stations, generating at the base stations a plurality of downlink radio frequency, RF, carrier signals, where each downlink RF carrier signal comprises one or more downlink information signals modulated onto spectrum bandwidth, and wherein the base stations transmit downlink RF carrier signals and receive uplink RF carrier signals; and b) at the base station hotel, individually digitizing each of the signals of the plurality of downlink RF carrier signals to produce a corresponding one of a plurality of downlink digital carrier signals, formatting the downlink digital carrier signals according to a digital network protocol, and sending the formatted downlink digital carrier signals to a remote site via a digital network, and receiving uplink digital carrier signals sent from the remote site over the digital network; the method characterized in that the method further comprises: c) at a network access node at the remote site, recovering the downlink digital carrier signals from the formatted downlink digital carrier signals and sending the recovered downlink digital carrier signals via a local digital link to antenna units at the remote site, wherein each of the antenna units is separated from the network access node by a distance, and receiving uplink digital carrier signals from the antenna units via the local digital link and sending the uplink digital carrier signals over the digital network; d) at each of the antenna units, converting at least one of the downlink digital carrier signals to an analog downlink carrier signal, frequency up-converting and amplifying the analog downlink carrier signal to produce a downlink RF carrier signal and transmitting the downlink RF carrier signal from an antenna to at least one subscriber unit, and receiving the uplink RF carrier signals at least one antenna and converting the uplink RF carrier signals to the uplink digital carrier signals. a) at a base station hotel comprising a plurality of base stations, generating at the base stations a plurality of downlink radio frequency, RF, carrier signals, where each downlink RF carrier signal comprises one or more downlink information signals modulated onto spectrum bandwidth, and wherein the base stations transmit downlink RF carrier signals and receive uplink RF carrier signals; and b) at the base station hotel, individually digitizing each of the signals of the plurality of downlink RF carrier signals to produce a corresponding one of a plurality of downlink digital carrier signals, formatting the downlink digital carrier signals according to a digital network protocol, and sending the formatted downlink digital carrier signals to a remote site via a digital network, and receiving uplink digital carrier signals sent from the remote site over the digital network; the method characterized in that the method further comprises: c) at a network access node at the remote site, recovering the downlink digital carrier signals from the formatted downlink digital carrier signals and sending the recovered downlink digital carrier signals via a local digital link to antenna units at the remote site, wherein each of the antenna units is separated from the network access node by a distance, and receiving uplink digital carrier signals from the antenna units via the local digital link and sending the uplink digital carrier signals over the digital network; d) at each of the antenna units, converting at least one of the downlink digital carrier signals to an analog downlink carrier signal, frequency up-converting and amplifying the analog downlink carrier signal to produce a downlink RF carrier signal and transmitting the downlink RF carrier signal from an antenna to at least one subscriber unit, and receiving the uplink RF carrier signals at least one antenna and converting the uplink RF carrier signals to the uplink digital carrier signals.