A communication device for providing digital transport of signals in a distributed antenna system , the communication device comprising: a reception path circuit including an analog-to-digital converter and configured to output digitized radio frequency spectrum at an input sampling rate based on input signals of analog radio frequency spectrum from multiple non-adjacent spectral regions of the analog radio frequency spectrum ; a logic device coupled to the reception path circuit , including a plurality of digital down converters operating in parallel and configured to receive the digitized radio frequency spectrum at the input sampling rate from the reception path circuit , the logic device further configured to produce a first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples at a plurality of sampling rates in parallel, each set of the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples corresponding to a corresponding distinct one of the multiple non-adjacent spectral regions of the analog radio frequency spectrum ; wherein each digital down converter of the plurality of digital down converters is configured to convert data corresponding to the corresponding distinct one of the multiple non-adjacent spectral regions of the analog radio frequency spectrum into a corresponding set of digitized baseband data samples at a corresponding sampling rate; wherein the logic device is further configured to multiplex the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples into a serial data stream transport frame by assigning each of the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples to a corresponding timeslot of the serial data stream transport frame , wherein each set of the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples has a corresponding sampling rate; and a transceiver configured to transmit the serial data stream transport frame . a reception path circuit including an analog-to-digital converter and configured to output digitized radio frequency spectrum at an input sampling rate based on input signals of analog radio frequency spectrum from multiple non-adjacent spectral regions of the analog radio frequency spectrum ; a logic device coupled to the reception path circuit , including a plurality of digital down converters operating in parallel and configured to receive the digitized radio frequency spectrum at the input sampling rate from the reception path circuit , the logic device further configured to produce a first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples at a plurality of sampling rates in parallel, each set of the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples corresponding to a corresponding distinct one of the multiple non-adjacent spectral regions of the analog radio frequency spectrum ; wherein each digital down converter of the plurality of digital down converters is configured to convert data corresponding to the corresponding distinct one of the multiple non-adjacent spectral regions of the analog radio frequency spectrum into a corresponding set of digitized baseband data samples at a corresponding sampling rate; wherein the logic device is further configured to multiplex the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples into a serial data stream transport frame by assigning each of the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples to a corresponding timeslot of the serial data stream transport frame , wherein each set of the first plurality of sets of digitized baseband data samples has a corresponding sampling rate; and a transceiver configured to transmit the serial data stream transport frame . <EOS>