CPC H04B 10/25753 (2013.01) [H04B 10/25752 (2013.01); H04J 14/0246 (2013.01); H04J 14/0249 (2013.01); H04J 14/0252 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0005 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0067 (2013.01); H04Q 11/0071 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0016 (2013.01); H04Q 2011/0086 (2013.01); H04W 88/085 (2013.01)] | 13 Claims |
1. A system for networking WiFi access points in a distributed antenna system, the system comprising:
a master head-end unit (HEU);
a plurality of slave head-end units (HEUs) connected to the master HEU;
a plurality of remote units (RUs) coupled to the plurality of slave HEUs and coupled to transport signals between the RUs and the slave HEUs, wherein each slave HEU is responsible for managing a subset of the plurality of RUs; and
a plurality of multiplex switch units, each multiplex switch unit configured to receive a plurality of analog and digital signals from one or more sources, wherein:
each multiplex switch unit routes digital signals to the respective subset of the plurality of RUs;
one or more of the RUs is configured to provide WiFi digital services;
each of the plurality of slave HEUs are connected by at least one optical fiber to the master HEU; and
each of the plurality of slave HEUs are connected to the respective subset of the plurality of RUs by at least one optical fiber.
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