Patent ID: 8036130

Claim:
A wireless access node comprising: a first radio operable to transmit/receive on one of at least N transmission channels; a second radio operable to transmit/receive on another one of the at least N transmission channels, wherein N is greater than 2; a first filter bank of less than N filters for filtering a first transmit/receive signal of the first radio; and a second filter bank of at least 2 but less than N filters for filtering a second transmit/receive signal of the second radio, at least one of the pass-bands of the second filter bank being different than the pass-bands of the first filter bank; wherein N is greater than 2, and wherein the combination of the first radio and the second radio are operable to transmit/receive on all N transmission channels; wherein the access node is in communication with a first device and a second device, the first radio being in communication with the first device, and the second radio being in communication with the second device; and wherein the communication of the access node to the first device and the second device is reversible so that the first radio is in communication with the second device and the second radio is in communication with the first device.