Patent ID: 8583100

Claim:
A distributed base station system for high speed data transmission comprising: a host unit; a plurality of remote antenna units communicatively coupled to the host unit; wherein the host unit is configured to send downlink RF sampled data to the plurality of remote antenna units and the plurality of remote antenna units are configured to transmit an RF signal based on the downlink RF sampled data; wherein the plurality of remote antenna units are configured to send uplink RF sampled data to the host unit based on RF signals received; wherein each of the plurality of remote antenna units is coupled to a co-located, network layer router, and a first of the plurality of remote antenna units is coupled to a co-located remote base station; wherein the plurality of remote antenna units are coupled to each other and are arranged into a network, and wherein the network layer routers are configured to route data corresponding to RF signals transmitted and received at the plurality of remote antenna units, to and from the remote base station over the network; and wherein the first remote antenna unit is configured to: generate a fourth RF signal and a transport signal representing a duplicate of the fourth RF signal; transmit the fourth RF signal from the first remote antenna unit; and send the transport signal through the network such that the transport signal is routed to a second of the plurality of remote antenna units, wherein the duplicate of the fourth RF signal is transmitted from the second remote antenna unit.