Patent ID: 7702365

Claim:
A system for conveying signals to and/or from a plurality of user communication devices over a Base Station Controller, the system comprising: a plurality of receiver antenna units for receiving signals; a received signal processing unit in communication with said plurality of receiver antenna units, said received signal processing unit including: a plurality of shared signal processing devices for processing the received signals from said plurality of receiver antenna units; a controller for assigning the received signals from said plurality of receiver antenna units to at least one of said plurality of shared signal processing devices to optimize the use of said plurality of shared signal processing devices; wherein said shared signal processing devices generate an uplink signal, and said received signal processing unit transmits the uplink signal to the Base Station Controller; a transmitted signal processing unit receiving a downlink signal from the Base Station Controller, said transmitted signal processing unit including: a plurality of shared signal processing devices for processing the signal received from the Base Station Controller; a controller for assigning the downlink signal to at least one of said plurality of shared signal processing devices to optimize the use of said plurality of shared signal processing devices; wherein said plurality of shared signal processing devices generate a processed downlink signal and transmit the downlink signal to the transmitter antenna unit: and a plurality of transmitter antenna units in communication with said transmitted signal processing unit, said plurality of transmitter antenna units receiving the processed downlink signal and transmitting the processed downlink signal to the user communication devices.