Patent ID: 8422885

Claim:
A bandwidth allocation and management system for cellular communication networks comprising: A) a number of aggregation base stations, each comprising at least one service module equipped with functional modules, each designed to provide wireless network functions comprising processing functions, multiple access functions and network functions; B) a plurality of auxiliary cellular base stations surrounded by, in communication with and supported by each aggregation base station; and C) at least one master optical switching and processing station, each of said at least one master optical switching and processing stations being in optical communication with the number of aggregation base stations comprising: (1) a plurality of service modules wherein each service module is equipped with functional modules, each designed to provide wireless network functions comprising processing functions, multiple access functions and network functions, (2) an all optical switch providing direct optical communication among said plurality of service modules, and (3) a master controller adapted to transfer service functions via the all optical switch from service modules in aggregation base stations that may be overloaded to service modules in other aggregation base stations having unused capacity, and wherein a plurality of sets of three neighboring base stations are each adapted to: i) receive and process RF signals transmitted by cellular users within a broadcast and receive range common to each of the three neighboring base stations and ii) transmit in analog form the RF signals, received, by each of the three neighborhing base stations from cellular users within the broadcast and receive range, to the master optical switching and processing station and wherein the master optical switching and processing station is adapted: i) to process RF signals received from each of the three base stations, ii) to combine, for each user within the broadcast and receive range, the three RF signals, and iii) to convert the combined three RF signals for each such user to digital form for transmission to other users within the cellular communication network or others outside the network.