Patent ID: 8559939

Claim:
A method of distributing wireless radio frequency signals comprising: digitizing, at a radio access node using a first analog-to-digital converter, a first analog radio frequency signal in order to generate first digital data indicative of the first analog radio frequency signal, wherein the first analog radio frequency signal is broadcast from a first mobile unit using a first air interface; digitizing, at the radio access node using a second analog-to-digital converter, a second analog radio frequency signal in order to generate second digital data indicative of the second analog radio frequency signal, wherein the second analog radio frequency signal is broadcast from a second mobile unit using a second air interface; transporting the first and second digital data from the radio access node to a base unit using a shared transport medium; performing base station processing for the first mobile unit using information derived from the first digital data provided to the base unit; and performing base station processing for the second mobile unit using information derived from the second digital data provided to the base unit.