Patent ID: 7991903

Claim:
A system comprising: a first unit to receive first base station signals from a first base station operated by a first wireless communication service provider and to receive second tenant base station signals from a second base station operated by a second wireless communication service provider; wherein the first unit comprises a transport medium interface to convert the first and second base station signals and control messages relating thereto for transport on a common transport medium; wherein the system further comprises a plurality of remotely located second units, each second unit coupled to receive signals from the common transport medium, with each second unit radiating radio frequency signals derived from at least one of the first and second base station signals; and wherein the first unit is operable to receive control messages from a first tenant network management system operated by the first wireless communication service provider and from a second tenant network management system operated by the second wireless communication service provider; wherein the system further comprises a common network management system that forwards control messages to equipment associated with one or more of the second units using the common transport medium.