Method and system of connecting broadband wireless systems to wireline serving area interfaces
First Claim
1. A hybrid wireline/wireless broadband communications system comprising of:
- a plurality of terminal nodes, each having access to serving area interface cabinets in the telephone company'"'"'s serving area and providing broadband access to the existing telephone lines of the homes and offices within these service areas. a plurality of microwave distribution access and transport relays having at lease one directional antenna forming a directional coverage area, each terminal node communicates with a particular distribution access relay and is connected to the larger microwave transport system to interconnect to the Internet.
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Abstract
Interconnecting broadband wireless with local telephone serving area interfaces provide an ability to establish a broadband communication system that delivers high speed Internet access over customer telephone lines unable to get such access through traditional telephone company systems. The present invention discloses how to interconnect a wireless-enabled terminal node to the telephone company serving area interface. How wireless terminal nodes are linked to the Internet using a plurality of microwave relays providing access, distribution and transport, as well as interconnect to the Internet. The terminal node provides Internet access to a variety of devises, including computers, computer networks, personal digital assistance, Internet appliances, telecommunications handsets, entertainment equipment and any other device serving as an information source and sink that is connected to the customer'"'"'s home or office by two wire twisted copper pair or similar connections with a differing number of wires.
In accordance with the present invention, a wireless terminal node is provided. The wireless terminal node permits rapid, scalable, and inexpensive growth of broadband Internet access to communities otherwise unable to be served due to limitations within the outside telecommunications feeder cables and transmission system.
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34 Claims
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1. A hybrid wireline/wireless broadband communications system comprising of:
- a plurality of terminal nodes, each having access to serving area interface cabinets in the telephone company'"'"'s serving area and providing broadband access to the existing telephone lines of the homes and offices within these service areas.
a plurality of microwave distribution access and transport relays having at lease one directional antenna forming a directional coverage area, each terminal node communicates with a particular distribution access relay and is connected to the larger microwave transport system to interconnect to the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- a plurality of terminal nodes, each having access to serving area interface cabinets in the telephone company'"'"'s serving area and providing broadband access to the existing telephone lines of the homes and offices within these service areas.
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9. A method of distributed management of a hybrid wireless/wireline communications network comprising of:
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a plurality of terminal nodes located within a telephone company'"'"'s service areas. a plurality of microwave terminal access and distribution relays making up a distributed communications system with no wireline facility. a local management application that enables a plurality of the communications system elements to automatically provision themselves within the network, manage system performance, operations and auto automatically recover from packet congestion system failure.
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10. A hybrid wireline/wireless broadband communications system, comprising:
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a terminal node, the terminal node being communicatively coupled to a service area interface and providing broadband communications to telephone lines coupled to the service area interface; and
a wireless broadband network, the wireless broadband network being communicatively coupled to the terminal node and the Internet, the wireless broadband network having the capacity to carry broadband data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An apparatus for providing telephone line access to the Internet, comprising:
a terminal node, the terminal node being communicatively coupled to at least one telephone line, the terminal node having wireless portion of exchanging data with the Internet and a wired portion for exchanging data over the at least one telephone line. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A method for providing a customer access to the Internet, comprising;
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coupling a terminal node to a portion of the PSTN including a telephone line to the customer, wherein the terminal node has a wireless portion for exchanging data with the Internet and a wired portion for exchanging data over the telephone line; and
providing Internet access to the customer over a telephone line. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method for providing a customer access to the Internet, comprising;
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coupling a terminal node to a telephone line supporting at least Plain Old Telephone Service (“
POTS”
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providing Internet access to the customer over a telephone line. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
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28. A method for providing access to the Internet over a customer telephone line, the customer telephone line being communicatively coupled to the PSTN, comprising;
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communicatively severing a link between the customer telephone line and the PSTN; and
communicatively connecting the PSTN and customer telephone line to a terminal node, wherein the terminal node has a wireless portion for facilitating exchanging data with the Internet and a wired portion for communicatively coupling the PSTN and the customer telephone line and for exchanging data over the customer telephone line, the terminal node capable of exchanging data between the wireless portion and wired portion. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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32. A method for providing access to the Internet, comprising;
coupling a terminal node to a portion of the PSTN wherein the terminal node has a wireless portion for exchanging data with the Internet and a wired portion for exchanging data with the PSTN. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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