Patent ID: 7099695

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more antenna-arrangements, each antenna-arrangement being operable to provide a radiation pattern defining an air interface for radiating and receiving signals, each given signal of the signals having a system identification code (SID); a base station controller connected to the one or more antenna-arrangements; and a plurality of groups of equipment connected to the base station controller, each group of equipment being associated with a respective wireless service provider, wherein the SID identifies the respective wireless service provider, wherein when the base station controller receives a first given signal from a given antenna-arrangement, the base station controller selects, based at least in part on the respective wireless service provider associated with the SID in the first given signal, a group of radio equipment from the plurality of groups of radio equipment to process the first given signal, and wherein when the base station controller receives a second given signal from a given group of equipment, the base station controller selects, based at least in part on the SID in the second given signal, at least one antenna-arrangement from the one or more antenna-arrangements to radiate the second given signal.