Patent ID: 7664534

Claim:
A communications system comprising: a first base station; a second base station in the same location as the first base station; a first remote antenna system that corresponds only to the first base station; and a second remote antenna system that corresponds only to the second base station; wherein the first base station and the first remote antenna system are in communication with one another over a first E-band communications path, wherein the first E-band communications path comprises an E-band communications path between the first remote antenna system and the same location as the first base station, wherein the second base station and the second remote antenna system are in communication with one another over the first E-band communications path and a second E-band communications path, wherein the second E-band communications path comprises an E-band communications path between the first remote antenna system and the second remote antenna system, wherein communications transmitted to the first remote antenna system over the first E-band communications path include communications from the first base station and communications from the second base station, and wherein communications transmitted to the second remote antenna system via the second E-band communications path include the communications from the second base station but do not include the communications from the first base station.