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US 2003/0078052 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for sharing infrastructure between wireless network operators
AssigneeCelerica, Inc.
InventorsNissim Atias, Miguel Cizin
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Abstract
An apparatus and methods for sharing communications infrastructure between multiple network operators. In one example, a shared network includes a first infrastructure of a first operator, a second infrastructure of a second operator, and a first remote antenna of the first operator disposed on the second infrastructure and coupled to the first infrastructure by a communication link. The communication link may be a wireless optical link between the first remote antenna and the first infrastructure.
Claims21
A method for adding capacity to a first network, the method comprising acts of:
- operating a first remote antenna of a first operator on an infrastructure of a second operator;
- transmitting and receiving a wireless signal with the first remote antenna;
- transmitting a first signal to the first remote antenna from a first infrastructure of the first operator and providing the first signal from the first remote antenna to the first infrastructure.
A shared network comprising:
- a first infrastructure of a first operator;
- a second infrastructure of a second operator;
- a first remote antenna of the first operator operated on the second infrastructure and coupled to the first infrastructure by a communication link.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.