Multi-Receiver Combining for Distributed Antenna Systems with Code Division Multiple Access Radio Frequency Uplink Sources

A system comprising:

• a plurality of remote transceiver stations deployed in a coverage area and which remote transceiver stations wirelessly transmit downlink signals to and receive uplink signals from wireless mobile devices;
• a combiner unit configured to be coupled to a plurality of remote transceiver stations, and to receive a plurality of input streams carrying uplink signals transmitted by wireless mobile devices on individually assigned signal paths from each of the remote transceiver stations in order to combine the plurality of input streams to produce two or more output streams based on a mapping function;
• a controller configured monitor at least one parameter of an input stream received over the individually assigned signal paths, and determine the mapping function based on the at least one parameter;
• and
• a base station comprising a plurality of receivers configured to receive the two or more output streams, wherein one of the receivers is designated as a master receiver.

One or more computer readable storage media storing software comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, are operable to:

• monitor at least one parameter of a plurality of input streams received from one or more of the remote transceiver stations, the input streams carrying uplink signals transmitted by wireless mobile devices on individually assigned signal paths from each of a plurality of remote transceiver stations in a coverage area;
• determine a mapping function based on the monitored parameter;
• combine the plurality of input streams to produce two or more output streams based on the mapping function;
• and
• send the two or more output streams to corresponding receivers in a base station.