A base station for a cellular communications network, the base station comprising: at least one radio unit comprising: - a feeder port operative to couple the radio unit to a hybrid unit that is external to and separate from the radio unit via a feeder cable; - a distributed digital hybrid matrix component operative to transform a plurality of digital transmit signals into a transformed transmit signal comprising a component for each of the plurality of digital transmit signals; and - a transmitter operative to upconvert and amplify the transformed transmit signal to provide a transformed radio frequency transmit signal to be output to the hybrid unit via the feeder port; and the hybrid unit, comprising: - an analog hybrid matrix, AHM, comprising: -- a plurality of feeder ports operative to connect to the at least one radio unit and up to a plurality of the radio units that are external to and separate from the hybrid unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of feeder ports is connected to the radio unit via the corresponding feeder cable; and -- a plurality of antenna ports operative to connect to at least one antenna and up to a plurality of antennas of the base station, -- wherein the AHM is operative to: --- receive the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal from the radio unit at the one of the plurality of feeder ports via the feeder cable; and --- split the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal to thereby generate a plurality of amplified radio frequency transmit signals at the plurality of antenna ports. at least one radio unit comprising: - a feeder port operative to couple the radio unit to a hybrid unit that is external to and separate from the radio unit via a feeder cable; - a distributed digital hybrid matrix component operative to transform a plurality of digital transmit signals into a transformed transmit signal comprising a component for each of the plurality of digital transmit signals; and - a transmitter operative to upconvert and amplify the transformed transmit signal to provide a transformed radio frequency transmit signal to be output to the hybrid unit via the feeder port; and - a feeder port operative to couple the radio unit to a hybrid unit that is external to and separate from the radio unit via a feeder cable; - a distributed digital hybrid matrix component operative to transform a plurality of digital transmit signals into a transformed transmit signal comprising a component for each of the plurality of digital transmit signals; and - a transmitter operative to upconvert and amplify the transformed transmit signal to provide a transformed radio frequency transmit signal to be output to the hybrid unit via the feeder port; and the hybrid unit, comprising: - an analog hybrid matrix, AHM, comprising: -- a plurality of feeder ports operative to connect to the at least one radio unit and up to a plurality of the radio units that are external to and separate from the hybrid unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of feeder ports is connected to the radio unit via the corresponding feeder cable; and -- a plurality of antenna ports operative to connect to at least one antenna and up to a plurality of antennas of the base station, -- wherein the AHM is operative to: --- receive the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal from the radio unit at the one of the plurality of feeder ports via the feeder cable; and --- split the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal to thereby generate a plurality of amplified radio frequency transmit signals at the plurality of antenna ports. - an analog hybrid matrix, AHM, comprising: -- a plurality of feeder ports operative to connect to the at least one radio unit and up to a plurality of the radio units that are external to and separate from the hybrid unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of feeder ports is connected to the radio unit via the corresponding feeder cable; and -- a plurality of antenna ports operative to connect to at least one antenna and up to a plurality of antennas of the base station, -- wherein the AHM is operative to: --- receive the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal from the radio unit at the one of the plurality of feeder ports via the feeder cable; and --- split the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal to thereby generate a plurality of amplified radio frequency transmit signals at the plurality of antenna ports. -- a plurality of feeder ports operative to connect to the at least one radio unit and up to a plurality of the radio units that are external to and separate from the hybrid unit, wherein at least one of the plurality of feeder ports is connected to the radio unit via the corresponding feeder cable; and -- a plurality of antenna ports operative to connect to at least one antenna and up to a plurality of antennas of the base station, -- wherein the AHM is operative to: --- receive the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal from the radio unit at the one of the plurality of feeder ports via the feeder cable; and --- split the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal to thereby generate a plurality of amplified radio frequency transmit signals at the plurality of antenna ports. --- receive the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal from the radio unit at the one of the plurality of feeder ports via the feeder cable; and --- split the amplified transformed radio frequency transmit signal to thereby generate a plurality of amplified radio frequency transmit signals at the plurality of antenna ports.