High Capacity Layered Wireless Communications System

A high-capacity wireless communications network for wireless broadband link, comprising:

• a radio base station linked to a wide area network via a wired communication link, the base station configured to receive first data via the wired communication link,
• the radio base station operable to convert the first data to first millimeter-wave band signals and operable to transmit the first millimeter-wave band signals,
• the radio base station configured to receive second millimeter wave band signals from a plurality of wireless access points, the radio base station operable to convert the second millimeter wave band signals to second data and operable to transmit the second data via the wired communication link.

A high-capacity wireless communications network for a wireless broadband link, comprising:

• a wireless access point configured to receive first millimeter wave band signals from a radio base station, the wireless access point operable to convert the first millimeter wave band signals to first lower frequency band signals and operable to transmit the first lower frequency band signals to a communications device,
• the wireless access point configured to receive second lower frequency band signals from the communications device,
• the wireless access point operable to convert the second lower frequency band signals to second millimeter-wave band signals and operable to transmit the second millimeter-wave band signals.