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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2005
Albert T. Chow, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Richard Henry Erving, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Jinman Kim, Chatham, NJ (US);
Robert Raymond Miller, Ii, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Jesse E. Russell, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Wenchu Ying, Cedar Knolls, NJ (US);
Albert T. Chow, Hillsdale, NJ (US);
Richard Henry Erving, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Jinman Kim, Chatham, NJ (US);
Robert Raymond Miller, II, Convent Station, NJ (US);
Jesse E. Russell, Piscataway, NJ (US);
Wenchu Ying, Cedar Knolls, NJ (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property II, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
The present invention sets forth a network-centric service distribution method that integrates a wireless access system/service 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 that facilitates end-to-end packet telecommunication services. The method includes the step of connecting said service provider's broadband packet network to the RBN via said service provider's broadband transport network. Call and service termination functions to a plurality of local RBN devices are also provided in the method. Signals from a plurality of wireless devices are accepted and forwarded to an IEEE 802.11b interface for a wireless modem and/or to an Ethernet interface for a Voice over Internet Protocol (VOIP)/Ethernet Processor, where the forwarded signals comprise intranet telephony and data.