A method of wireless communication comprising: at a digital hub residing in a base station hotel, wherein a plurality of base stations reside in the base station hotel, producing, from downlink carrier signals received from the base stations, formatted 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 formatted uplink digital carrier signals sent from the remote site over the digital network and converting the formatted uplink digital carrier signals into uplink carrier signals for transmission to the base stations; wherein each downlink carrier signal comprises one or more downlink information channels for wireless communication to one or more subscriber units, and wherein the base stations transmit the downlink carrier signals and receive the uplink carrier signals; the method characterized in that the method further comprises: at a network access node at the remote site, recovering 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, formatting the uplink digital carrier signals according to the digital network protocol, and sending the formatted uplink digital carrier signals over the digital network; 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 radio frequency carrier signal and transmitting the downlink radio frequency carrier signal from an antenna to at least one subscriber unit, and receiving uplink radio frequency carrier signals from at least one antenna and converting the uplink radio frequency carrier signals to the uplink digital carrier signals. at a digital hub residing in a base station hotel, wherein a plurality of base stations reside in the base station hotel, producing, from downlink carrier signals received from the base stations, formatted 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 formatted uplink digital carrier signals sent from the remote site over the digital network and converting the formatted uplink digital carrier signals into uplink carrier signals for transmission to the base stations; wherein each downlink carrier signal comprises one or more downlink information channels for wireless communication to one or more subscriber units, and wherein the base stations transmit the downlink carrier signals and receive the uplink carrier signals; the method characterized in that the method further comprises: at a network access node at the remote site, recovering 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, formatting the uplink digital carrier signals according to the digital network protocol, and sending the formatted uplink digital carrier signals over the digital network; 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 radio frequency carrier signal and transmitting the downlink radio frequency carrier signal from an antenna to at least one subscriber unit, and receiving uplink radio frequency carrier signals from at least one antenna and converting the uplink radio frequency carrier signals to the uplink digital carrier signals. at a network access node at the remote site, recovering 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, formatting the uplink digital carrier signals according to the digital network protocol, and sending the formatted uplink digital carrier signals over the digital network; 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 radio frequency carrier signal and transmitting the downlink radio frequency carrier signal from an antenna to at least one subscriber unit, and receiving uplink radio frequency carrier signals from at least one antenna and converting the uplink radio frequency carrier signals to the uplink digital carrier signals.