APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXTENDING DOCSIS CABLE MODEM SERVICE OVER WIRELESS LINKS
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are presented to allow the extension of a DOCSIS cable modem service over a wireless link. According to the invention a wireless hub transceiver is connected to a distribution coax cable of a DOCSIS based system. The downstream data are transferred over a wireless link to a remote subscriber radio frequency (RF) unit connected to a cable modem that provides the downstream data to the subscriber. Similarly, upstream data are sent from the subscriber cable modem over the wireless link to the wireless hub transceiver where such data are inserted back to the distribution coax cable.
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94 Claims
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70. An apparatus for wireless upstream and downstream access to a cable television service, comprising:
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an embedded cable modem controller to control at least one of an up converter transmitting unit and a down converter receiving unit, wherein control of the up converter transmitting unit by the embedded cable modem controller is of at least mapping a frequency of a DOCSIS transmission into a wireless air frequency, and wherein the wireless air frequency is frequency mapped based on the sum of the DOCSIS transmission frequency and the wireless air frequency. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91)
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92. A method, comprising:
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delivering, by a wireless hub transceiver, upstream data to a distributed coax cable; mapping, by the wireless hub transceiver, a frequency of a DOCSIS transmission into a wireless air frequency; delivering, by the wireless hub transceiver, downstream data to a remote receiving unit connected to a cable modem over an antenna, the downstream data to enable a subscriber of the receiving unit to receive data communication through extension of DOCSIS cable modem service over a wireless link, wherein the wireless air frequency is a frequency mapped based on a sum of the DOCSIS transmission frequency and the wireless air frequency; and receiving, by the wireless hub transceiver, upstream data from the receiving unit over the wireless link and inserting the upstream data back into the distributed coax cable.
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93. An apparatus, comprising:
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means for delivering upstream data to a distributed coax cable; means for mapping a frequency of a DOCSIS transmission into a wireless air frequency; means for delivering downstream data to a remote receiving unit connected to a cable modem over an antenna, the downstream data to enable a subscriber of the receiving unit to receive data communication through extension of DOCSIS cable modem service over a wireless link, wherein the wireless air frequency is a frequency mapped based on a sum of the DOCSIS transmission frequency and the wireless air frequency; and means for receiving upstream data from the receiving unit over the wireless link and inserting the upstream data back into the distributed coax cable.
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94. An system for wireless upstream and downstream access to a cable television service, comprising:
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a splitter unit connectable to a distributed coax cable, the splitter unit to deliver downstream data to a wireless hub transceiver; and the wireless hub transceiver to deliver upstream data to the splitter unit, the wireless hub transceiver to communicate with a remote receiving unit connected to a cable modem over an antenna to enable a subscriber of the receiving unit to receive data communication through extension of DOCSIS cable modem service over a wireless link, wherein the wireless hub transceiver is to map a frequency of a DOCSIS transmission into a wireless air frequency, and wherein the wireless air frequency is frequency mapped based on the sum of the DOCSIS transmission frequency and the wireless air frequency.
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