Patent ID: 8649354

Claim:
A shared digital processing resource, connectable to a plurality of remotely located transceivers, comprising a packet processor configured to process user data to form antenna-carrier data, or vice versa; a transceiver selector configured to select a preferred remotely located transceiver from the plurality of remotely located transceivers, the preferred remotely located transceiver having a packet-switched network address, wherein the transceiver selector is configured to receive a handover request and to update the packet-switched network address of the preferred remotely located transceiver according to the handover request; a packet formation unit configured to insert the antenna-carrier data destined for the preferred remotely located transceiver in packets having the packet-switched network address; a packet-switched network interface configured to transmit the packet-switched packets to the packet-switched network address of the preferred remotely located transceiver, over a packet-switched network to which the plurality of remotely located transceivers is connected.