Patent ID: 8326218

Claim:
A system for wireless radio frequency signal distribution within a coverage area in which one or more wireless units wirelessly transmit in an upstream wireless radio frequency spectrum, the system comprising: a host unit; and a plurality of remote units communicatively coupled to the host unit using at least one communication medium, wherein each of the plurality of remote units is associated with a portion of the coverage area; wherein each of the plurality of remote units receives a respective original upstream analog wireless signal comprising the upstream radio frequency spectrum and any upstream transmissions from any of the wireless units that are within the portion of the coverage area associated with that remote unit; wherein each of the plurality of remote units generates respective upstream digital RF samples indicative of the respective original upstream analog wireless signal received at that remote unit; wherein each of the plurality of remote units communicates the respective upstream digital RF samples generated by that remote unit to the host unit using the at least one communication medium; wherein the host unit digitally sums corresponding upstream digital RF samples received from the plurality of remote units to produce summed upstream digital RF samples; and wherein the host unit converts the summed upstream digital RF samples to a replicated upstream analog wireless radio frequency signal.