Enabling distributed access points on high bandwidth cables for band and antenna splitting

A system comprising:

• a plurality of transceiver devices each including a plurality of antennas and a plurality of radio transceivers, each of the plurality of transceiver devices for deployment throughout a coverage area;
• and
• a central processor subsystem connected to the plurality of transceiver devices via a respective plurality of cables, the central processor subsystem configured to:
• divide in-phase and quadrature baseband transmit and receive samples across the plurality of transceiver devices associated with traffic to be transmitted and received via the plurality of transceiver devices in one or more frequency bands so as to synthesize a wideband multiple-input multiple-output transmission channel and a wideband multiple-input multiple-output reception channel;
• transmit respective ones of in-phase and quadrature baseband transmit samples from the central processor subsystem to each of a number of the plurality of transceiver devices via corresponding ones of the respective plurality of cables, wherein the in-phase and quadrature baseband transmit samples are each to be sent to a corresponding one of the number of the plurality of transceiver devices for wireless transmission via the plurality of antennas of each of the number of the plurality of transceiver devices;
• and
• receive at least one in-phase and quadrature baseband receive sample from a respective one of the plurality of transceiver devices via a corresponding one of the respective plurality of cables.

An apparatus comprising:

• a plurality of baseband modulators;
• a plurality of baseband demodulators;
• a communication interface configured to enable communication with a plurality of transceiver devices each including a plurality of antennas and a plurality of radio transceivers, wherein the communication interface is configured to connect to the plurality of transceiver devices via a respective plurality of cables;
• a control processor coupled to the plurality of baseband modulators, the plurality of baseband demodulators and the communication interface, wherein the control processor is configured to:
• divide in-phase and quadrature baseband transmit and receive samples across the plurality of transceiver devices associated with traffic to be transmitted and received via the plurality of transceiver devices in one or more frequency bands so as to synthesize a wideband multiple-input multiple-output transmission channel and a wideband multiple-input multiple-output reception channel;
• transmit sage respective ones of in-phase and quadrature baseband transmit samples from the central processor subsystem to each of a number of the plurality of transceiver devices via corresponding ones of the respective plurality of cables, wherein the in-phase and quadrature baseband transmit samples are each to be sent to a corresponding one of the number of the plurality of transceiver devices for wireless transmission via the plurality of antennas of each of the number of the plurality of transceiver devices;
• and
• receive at least one in-phase and quadrature baseband receive sample from a respective one of the plurality of transceiver devices via a corresponding one of the respective plurality of cables.