A distributed antenna system comprising: a plurality of network interfaces, each of the plurality of network interfaces configured to receive signals from one of a plurality of devices external to the distributed antenna system and to convert the signals to a downlink serialized data stream; a distributed antenna switch communicatively coupled to the plurality of network interfaces by a first plurality of digital communication links, the distributed antenna switch configured to receive the downlink serialized data stream from each of the plurality of network interfaces across each corresponding digital communication link of the first plurality of digital communication links; the distributed antenna switch further including a first plurality of downlink selector/summer functions, each configurable to operate as at least one of a downlink selector and a downlink summer; while operating as a downlink selector, any of the first plurality of downlink selector/summer functions are configured to generate an aggregate downlink serialized data stream by selecting and interleaving portions of at least two of the plurality of downlink serialized data streams into the aggregate downlink serialized data stream; while operating as a downlink summer, any of the first plurality of downlink selector/summer functions are configured to generate the aggregate downlink serialized data stream by digitally summing data from timeslots of at least two of the plurality of downlink serialized data streams into the aggregate downlink serialized data stream; a remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the distributed antenna switch by a second digital communication link and configured to receive the aggregate downlink serialized data stream across the second digital communication link; the remote antenna unit having at least one radio frequency converter (504, 704) configured to convert at least a portion of the aggregate downlink serialized data stream into at least one radio frequency band and at least one radio frequency transceiver and antenna pair configured to transmit signals in the at least one radio frequency band to at least one subscriber unit. a plurality of network interfaces, each of the plurality of network interfaces configured to receive signals from one of a plurality of devices external to the distributed antenna system and to convert the signals to a downlink serialized data stream; a distributed antenna switch communicatively coupled to the plurality of network interfaces by a first plurality of digital communication links, the distributed antenna switch configured to receive the downlink serialized data stream from each of the plurality of network interfaces across each corresponding digital communication link of the first plurality of digital communication links; the distributed antenna switch further including a first plurality of downlink selector/summer functions, each configurable to operate as at least one of a downlink selector and a downlink summer; while operating as a downlink selector, any of the first plurality of downlink selector/summer functions are configured to generate an aggregate downlink serialized data stream by selecting and interleaving portions of at least two of the plurality of downlink serialized data streams into the aggregate downlink serialized data stream; while operating as a downlink summer, any of the first plurality of downlink selector/summer functions are configured to generate the aggregate downlink serialized data stream by digitally summing data from timeslots of at least two of the plurality of downlink serialized data streams into the aggregate downlink serialized data stream; a remote antenna unit communicatively coupled to the distributed antenna switch by a second digital communication link and configured to receive the aggregate downlink serialized data stream across the second digital communication link; the remote antenna unit having at least one radio frequency converter (504, 704) configured to convert at least a portion of the aggregate downlink serialized data stream into at least one radio frequency band and at least one radio frequency transceiver and antenna pair configured to transmit signals in the at least one radio frequency band to at least one subscriber unit.