Claims
- 1. A communications system located at a premises that receives information from a high-speed wide-area network and communicates at least a portion of the information to a wireless device, the information includes information having a first characteristic and information having a second characteristic, the system comprising:
at least one switch in communication with the network, the at least one switch being configured to receive the information and control the flow of the information based in part on the first and second characteristics; and an access point in communication with the at least one switch, the access point including a controller and an antenna and being configured to
receive at least a portion of the information from the network, the received information having in part the second characteristic, and wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the received information to the wireless device.
- 2. A communications system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first and second characteristics are first and second frequency ranges, respectively,
wherein the information includes a first set of signals having the first frequency range and a second set of signals having the second frequency range, wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second frequency ranges, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the second set of signals having the second frequency range.
- 3. A communications system as set forth in claim 2 and further comprising:
a communications device in communication with the at least one switch, the communications device being configured to
receive at least a portion of the first set of signals having the first frequency range, and communicate at least a portion of the received first set of signals.
- 4. A communications device as set forth in claim 3 wherein the first set of signals include a signal selected from the group consisting of a television signal and a telephone signal.
- 5. A communications system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the first and second characteristics are first and second codes, respectively;
wherein the information includes information having the first code and information having the second code, wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second codes, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the information having the second code.
- 6. A communications system as set forth in claim 5 and further comprising:
a communications device in communication with the at least one switch, the communications device being configured to
receive at least a portion of the information having the first code, and communicate at least a portion of the received information having the first code.
- 7. A communications system as set forth in claim 6 wherein the communications device is selected from the group consisting of a computer, a handheld device, a personal-data assistant, and an internet appliance.
- 8. A communications system as set forth in claim 1 wherein the information includes packet data,
wherein the first and second characteristics are first and second addresses, respectively, wherein the information includes data packets having the first address and data packets having the second address, and wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second addresses, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the data packets having the second address.
- 9. A communications system as set forth in claim 8 and further comprising:
a communications device in communication with the at least one switch, the communications device being configured to
receive at least a portion of the data packets having the first address, and communicate at least a portion of the received data packets having the first address.
- 10. A communications system as set forth in claim 9 wherein the communications device is selected from the group consisting of a personal computer, a handheld device, a personal-data assistant, and an internet appliance.
- 11. A communications system comprising:
an infrastructure configured to provide a high-speed wide-area network, the network being operable to transfer information having at least two characteristics; at a premises,
at least one switch in communication with the network, the at least one switch being configured to receive and control the flow of at least a portion of the transferred information based in part on the at least two characteristics, a communications device in communication with the at least one switch, the communications device being configured to receive and communicate at least a portion of the transferred information having the first characteristic, an access point in communication with the at least one switch, the access point including a controller and an antenna and being configured to receive and wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the transferred information having the second characteristic; and a wireless device including an antenna and being configured to receive and interpret at least a portion of the wirelessly transmitted data from the access point.
- 12. A communications system as set forth in claim 11 wherein the information includes information having a first code and information having a second code,
wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second codes, wherein the first communications device is further configured to receive at least a portion of the information having the first code, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the information having the second code.
- 13. A communications system as set forth in claim 11 wherein the information includes a first set of signals having a first frequency range and a second set of signals having a second frequency range,
wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second frequency ranges, wherein the first communications device is further configured to receive at least a portion of the first set of signals having the first frequency range, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the second set of signals having the second frequency range.
- 14. A communications system as set forth in claim 11 wherein the information includes data packets having a first address and data packets having a second address,
wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second addresses, wherein the first communications device is further configured to receive at least a portion of the data packets having the first address, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the data packets having the second address.
- 15. A communications system as set forth in claim 11 wherein the information includes a first set of signals having a first frequency range and a second set of signals having a second frequency range,
wherein the second set of signals include data packets having a first address and data packets having a second address, wherein the communications device is a first communications device, wherein the communications system further comprises a second communications device, wherein the at least one switch is further configured to control the flow of the received information based in part on the first and second frequency ranges and based in part on the first and second addresses, wherein the first communications device is further configured to receive at least a portion of the first set of signals having the first frequency range, wherein the second communications device is further configured to receive at least a portion of the information having the second frequency range and the first address, and wherein the access point is further configured to receive at least a portion of the information having the second frequency range and the second address.
- 16. A method of controlling the flow of information from a wide-area network to a first communications device, a second communications device and a wireless device, the wide-area network being implemented on a structure, the method comprising:
at a premises,
receiving information from the wide-area network, the information including first and second characteristics, each of the characteristics being different; partitioning the information based in part on the first and second characteristics; transmitting at least a portion of the information having the first characteristic to the first communications device; transmitting at least a portion of the information having the second characteristic to the second communications device; and wirelessly transmitting at least a portion of the received information to the wireless device.
- 17. A method as set forth in claim 16 wherein the information includes a first set of signals having a first frequency range and a second set signals having a second frequency range,
wherein the first characteristic is based at least in part on the first frequency range and the second characteristic is based at least in part on the second frequency range, and wherein the partitioning of the information includes partitioning the information having the first frequency range from the information having the second frequency range.
- 18. A method as set forth in claim 17 wherein the information includes data packets having a first address and data packets having a second address,
wherein the first characteristic is based at least in part on the first address and the second characteristic is based at least in part on the second frequency range and the second address, and wherein the partitioning of the information includes partitioning the data packets having the first address from data packets having the second address.
- 19. A method as set forth in claim 17 wherein the information includes information having a first code and information having a second code,
wherein the first characteristic is based at least in part on the first code and the second characteristic is based at least in part on the second frequency range and the second code, and wherein the partitioning of the information includes partitioning the information having the first code from information having the second code.
- 20. A method as set forth is claim 16,
wherein the receiving information step includes receiving information having first, second and third characteristics; and wherein the wirelessly transmitting step includes wirelessly transmitting at least a portion of the information having the third characteristic to the wireless device.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of prior filed U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/347,553, entitled SYSTEM FOR AND METHOD OF IMPLEMENTING WIRELESS NETWORKS, filed Jan. 11, 2002.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60347553 |
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