Patent ID: 7881752

Claim:
A communication system, comprising: a multi link antenna array site, wherein the multi link antenna array site comprises: a radome enclosure with an outer size and shape that matches the outer size and shape of a cellular antenna element, a radome mounting system coupled to the radome enclosure and attached to a cellular antenna element mounting system external to the radome enclosure, wherein the cellular antenna element mounting system is configured to mount the cellular antenna element to a cell site structure, an antenna mounting system configured to mount a plurality of antennas completely inside the radome enclosure, and a plurality of antennas mounted to the antenna mounting system, wherein each of the plurality of antennas comprise an antenna element and a radio frequency (RF) head configured to convert an intermediate frequency (IF) signal into a frequency for use by the antenna element; a single cable configured to enter the radome enclosure and carry the IF signals, a power line, and a ground path for the plurality of antennas; a plurality of remote sites coupled to the multi link antenna array site with a plurality of point to point microwave links; and a fiber Metropolitan area network (MAN) coupled to the multi link antenna array site.