Capacity sharing between wireless systems

A wireless telecommunications system, comprising:

• a first plurality of wireless base stations, wherein each base station is operable to digitize a frequency spectrum of radio communications from a plurality of user equipment (UEs);
• and
• a first Mobile Central Office (MCO) communicatively coupled to the first wireless base stations and operable to handle telecommunications for the UEs, the first MCO comprising:
• a processor operable to process the digitized frequency spectrums of the base stations, and to extract radio communications of a first of the UEs from the digitized frequency spectrums of one or more of the base stations coupled to the first MCO;
• and
• a scheduler operable to determine that a capacity of the first MCO has been exceeded, to determine that a capacity of a second MCO is available, to acquire at least a portion of the capacity of the second MCO, and to handle a call of the first UE through the capacity acquired from the second MCO, wherein the first UE is a subscriber of the first MCO.

A method operable within a wireless telecommunication system comprising a first plurality of wireless base stations, and a first Mobile Central Office (MCO) communicatively coupled to the first wireless base stations, wherein each base station is operable to digitize a frequency spectrum of radio communications from a plurality of user equipment (UEs) with the first MCO being operable to handle calls of the UEs, the method comprising:

• processing the digitized frequency spectrums of the base stations;
• extracting radio communications of a first of the UEs from the digitized frequency spectrums of one or more of the base stations coupled to the first MCO, wherein the first UE is a subscriber of the first MCO;
• determining that a capacity of the first MCO has been exceeded;
• determining that a capacity of a second MCO is available;
• acquiring at least a portion of the capacity of the second MCO;
• and
• handling the call of the first UE through the capacity acquired from the second MCO.