Patent ID: 7016332

Claim:
A wireless cellular communication network for providing wireless communication to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) comprising: a plurality of network cells; a first remote emitter assigned to a first one of the plurality of network cells; a second remote emitter assigned to a second one of the plurality of network cells; a first base station assigned to the first network cell; a second base station assigned to the second network cell; the first base station is arranged to directly receive uplink communication signals from a first one of the plurality of UEs that is located in the first network cell, the first base station is further arranged to indirectly send downlink communication signals to the first UE via the first remote emitter; and the second base station is arranged to directly receive uplink communication signals from a second one of the plurality of UEs that is located in the second network cell, the first base station is further arranged to indirectly send downlink communication signals to the second UE via the second remote emitter.