Patent ID: 8005365

Claim:
An optical radio frequency conversion shelf system, comprising: a number of radios that transmit and receive electrical signals; a first electrical/optical shelf with a number of transceivers to receive an electrical signal as an input and transmit an optical signal as an output and to receive the optical signal as an input and transmit the electrical signal as an output; a second electrical/optical shelf with a number of transceivers to receive the electrical signal as an input and transmit the optical signal as an output and to receive the optical signal as an input and transmit the electrical signal as an output; a first optical switch to route the optical signal; a second optical switch to route the optical signal, wherein the first electrical/optical shelf, the second electrical/optical shelf, the first optical switch, and the second optical switch are coupled together by fiber optic interconnects; and a number of antennas that transmit and receive electrical signals.