Patent ID: 8107815

Claim:
A system for providing wireless communications utilizing a passive optical network, comprising: a passive optical network (PON) comprising: an optical line terminal (OLT) communicatively coupled to a base station of a wireless communication network and a remote node, the OLT configured to receive downstream packets from the base station destined for a mobile station, and the OLT configured to transmit the downstream packets to the remote node in a downstream wavelength; the remote node communicatively coupled to the OLT and a plurality of optical network terminals (ONTs), the remote node configured to receive the downstream packets from the OLT and transmit a copy of the downstream packets to each of the plurality of ONTs in the downstream wavelength; a first ONT communicatively coupled to the remote node and a first wireless transceiver, the first ONT configured to receive the downstream packets from the remote node and transmit the downstream packets to the first wireless transceiver; and a second ONT communicatively coupled to the remote node and a second wireless transceiver, the second ONT configured to receive the downstream packets from the remote node and transmit the downstream packets to the second wireless transceiver; the first wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the first ONT, the first wireless transceiver configured to receive the downstream packets from the first ONT and transmit a first wireless signal comprising the downstream packets to a first cell of the wireless communication network; and the second wireless transceiver communicatively coupled to the second ONT, the second wireless transceiver configured to receive the downstream packets from the second ONT and transmit a second wireless signal comprising the downstream packets to a second cell of the wireless communication network.