Patent ID: 7787854

Claim:
A cellular network, comprising: a plurality of remote devices each remote device coupled to an antenna and adapted to communicate with subscriber units over an RF link; a radio suite coupled to the remote devices; wherein the radio suite includes a plurality of radios that perform the functions of a base station transceiver; wherein the radio suite generates a digital representations of RF signals received from a communication network for transmission over a transport medium to the plurality of remote devices; wherein each radio of the plurality of radios supports one or more air interface standards; and a switching device coupled to at least one remote device of the plurality of remote devices and the radio suite, wherein the switching device connects the at least one remote device simultaneously to more than one radio of the plurality of radios; wherein at least two of the digital representations of RF signals are combined into a single combined digital representation of the RF signals and the single combined digital representation is sent to at least two remote devices of the plurality of remote devices.