1. A wireless communication system, comprising: a first network device having a cellular identification, cell ID, the first network device forwarding a first uplink data stream having first uplink data associated with a user device; and a base station in communication with the first network device, the base station having the same cell ID as the cell ID of the first network device, the base station including: at least one receiver, the at least one receiver receiving the first uplink data stream from the first network device; and a processor, the processor configured to: determine channel performance data based at least in part on a portion of first uplink data stream; determine whether the channel performance data meets a predetermined performance level; discard the portion of the first uplink data stream when the channel performance data does not meet the predetermined performance level; and tag the portion of the first uplink data stream for additional processing when the channel performance data meets the predetermined performance level.