Patent ID: 7190682

Claim:
A radio communications system comprising: a first radio head comprising: at least first and second transceivers; and a first control processor coupled with each of the at least first and second transceivers wherein the first control processor receives a first plurality of timeslots including at least one control timeslot, wherein the first control processor reads control information from the at least one control timeslot of the first plurality of timeslots, wherein the first control processor provides the control information from the at least one control timeslot of the first plurality of timeslots to each of the first and second transceivers and wherein the first control processor generates a second plurality of timeslots; and a second radio head comprising: at least third and fourth transceivers; and a second control processor coupled with each of the at least third and fourth transceivers wherein the second control processor receives the second plurality of timeslots including at least one control timeslot from the first control processor, wherein the second control processor reads control information from the at least one control timeslot of the second plurality of timeslots, and wherein the control processor provides the control information from the at least one control timeslot of the second plurality of timeslots to each of the third and fourth transceivers, wherein the at least one control timeslot of the first plurality of timeslots and the at least one control timeslot of the second plurality of timeslots are the same at least one control timeslot.