Local area and multimedia network using radio frequency transceivers and coaxial cable

• US 20030099228A1
• Filed: 11/29/2002
• Published: 05/29/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Martin Alcock
• Original Assignee: Martin Alcock
• Inventors: Alcock, Martin
• Application Number:
  US10/305,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20030099228A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/353
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/92 for local area
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/44 Star or tree networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2841 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2845 Telephone line
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6118 involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem

Abstract

A home or business-based local area network (LAN) architecture and system has an internal LAN that combines the distribution of two or more independently sourced classes of services, such as multimedia and data or telephone or access control, to multiple users within a single building, such as a house, hotel, multiple family dwelling or business/office building. A primary data service and a secondary service which may comprise analog or digital telephone service or access control is converted to a radio frequency that is then combined with multimedia entertainment services into a single local cable television network, carrying data, and analog and digitally encoded multimedia signals and telephone service. Terminals or devices connect to the LAN by means of a wall plate which performs the necessary interfacing between a terminal and the LAN, by separating the multimedia and LAN data services and telephone by means of a radio unit which is integrated into the wall plate. Separate connections are provided for data telephone, access control and multimedia interconnection.

Claims

1. A local area network (LAN) architecture and system that combines the distribution of two or more independently or same-sourced classes of services such as multimedia, telephone or access control and data to multiple users within a single building comprising:

a means to convert a primary data service to a radio frequency that is then combined with multimedia and/or a second service into a single LAN network carrying data, analog and digitally enhanced multimedia signals and telephone or access control signals;

a wall plate that performs the necessary interfacing between a terminal and the LAN, between a multimedia entertainment system and the LAN, and a telephone and the LAN, or an access control device and the LAN by means of a radio unit which separates the multimedia, telephone or access control and the data services from each other.