Broadband network with enterprise wireless communication system for residential and business environment

US7002995B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AT&T CORP. · US

Inventors

• Albert Chow · Hillsdale, US
• Richard Henry Erving · Piscataway, US
• Jinman Kim · Chatham, US
• Robert Raymond Miller, II · Madison, US
• Jesse Eugene Russell · Piscataway, US
• Wenchu Ying · Cedar Knolls, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 21, 2006
• Expiry date: Dec 27, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W92/12
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The present invention sets forth a network-centric service distribution architecture that integrates a wireless access system in the residence, SOHO, business or public environment through the use of a local broadband network, such as a Residential-Business Broadband Network (RBN), to the service provider's broadband transport network and to a service provider's broadband packet network. The system includes a Media Terminal Adapter coupled via the RBN to the access port(s) and via the service provider's broadband transport network to the service provider's broadband packet network. The access port is coupled to the Media Terminal Adapter via either an RBN (e.g., a Local Area Network—LAN) or simply via a traditional POTS line interface. The access port receives and sends wireless signals to a plurality of RBN devices, allowing the user to control these devices remotely from the residence, business, SOHO or public environments. The integration of an RBN to a service provider's broadband packet network allows a subscriber to communicate at home and at the office with one communication device anytime anywhere.