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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2003
James G. Bertonis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Terry R. Nash, Richboro, PA (US);
Alfred R. Melzig, Los Gatos, CA (US);
James G. Bertonis, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Terry R. Nash, Richboro, PA (US);
Alfred R. Melzig, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Other;
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.