Apparatuses for Hybrid Wired and Wireless Universal Access Networks
First Claim
1. A gateway switch, comprising:
- two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type;
a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules; and
a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data;
wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules.
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Abstract
A gateway switch comprises: two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules; and a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules.
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36 Claims
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1. A gateway switch, comprising:
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two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules; and a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A gateway switch, comprising:
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two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules, wherein the rules comprise of service-specific rules and user-specific rules; and a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules; wherein the service-specific rules comprise forwarding rules based on one or more of a wireless service plan of a user, a landline service plan of a user, and an internet service plan of a user; wherein the service-specific rules assign a service-specific priority to each of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data according to the service-specific priority; wherein the service-specific priority is one or more of transmission speed, transmission reliability, and transmission cost; wherein the processed data is of a data type and wherein the service-specific priority is based on the data type; wherein the data type is one or more of a security type and a privacy type; wherein the received data has an associated IP address and wherein the service-specific priority is an assigned service-specific priority of the processed data according to the IP address of the received data; wherein the received data has an associated application and wherein the service-specific priority is an indicated priority of the processed data according to the application associated with the received data; wherein the received data has an associated application protocol and wherein the service-specific priority is an indicated priority of the processed data according to the application protocol associated with the received data; and wherein the user-specific rules indicate a user-specific priority of the processed data.
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31. A gateway switch, comprising:
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two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules, wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules; a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; and a data storage module, wherein the data storage module accesses storage devices, and wherein the data storage module aggregates data storage devices of other gateway switches into an aggregated data device.
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32. A gateway switch, comprising:
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two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules, wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules; a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; and a computing module, wherein the computing modules of two or more of the gateway switches are aggregated into an aggregated computing device; wherein the aggregated computing device having an open API for programming the aggregated computing device and is available upon demand.
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33. A gateway switch, comprising:
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two or more transceiving modules, wherein each of the transceiving modules is capable of transmitting and receiving data, wherein the data is an analog signal or a digital signal, and wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing the received data in accordance with one or more rules, wherein the system module selects one of the transceiving modules for the transmission of the processed data as a function of the rules; and a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; wherein the transceiving modules of the gateway switches in the network are aggregated into a virtual aggregate link; and wherein the virtual aggregate link is available on demand.
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34. A gateway switch, comprising:
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two or more transceiving modules, wherein at least one of the two or more transceiving modules is a remote transceiving module, wherein each of the transceiving modules provides a different network connection type; a system module for processing received data in accordance with one or more rules; and a switching module for symmetrically switching the processed data from any one of the transceiving modules to a selected one of the transceiving modules for transmission of the processed data; wherein for voice transmission said remote transceiving module through a first selected network connection type connects to one of the transceiving modules, and the connected transceiving module through a second selected network connection type connects to a destination voice receiver. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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