Patent ID: 6594827
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
An arrangement for integrated telecommunication via a Cable TeleVision (CaTV) network in a first or downstream direction from a first or head-end section to second or subscriber sections and in a second or upstream direction from said second or subscriber sections to said first or head-end section, through intermediate trunk, distribution centers and distribution sections, district centers and district sections, feeder sections and drop sections, intermediate trunk units connecting said trunk and distribution sections, and distribution and/or district centers connecting said distribution and district sections, and first communication means operative through said CaTV network at a low-end frequency sub-band thereof in accordance with the Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) standard, wherein said first communication means comprise a plurality of radio access units arranged at said distribution centers and/or district centers for communication with said subscriber sections through said district sections, feeder sections and drop sections of said CaTV network, and wherein said subscriber sections comprise Network Terminal Unit (NTU) means comprising a DECT repeater arranged for up-converting to the DECT standard frequency band of said low-end frequency sub-band DECT signals for radio transmission by said NTU means to provide wireless radio communication at said subscriber sections, and for down-converting to DECT signals for transmission at said low-end frequency sub-band in said CaTV network of signals at the DECT standard frequency band received by said NTU means from wireless radio communication at said subscriber sections wherein NTU further comprises a first filter section, said first filter section has a first output for outputting telephone signals to an interface via said DECT repeater, said first filter section has a second output for outputting multimedia signals and said first filter section has third output for outputting a third signal to the input of a second filter section, said second filter section having a first output for outputting radio signals and said second filter section having a second output for outputting television signals, wherein said interface comprises a first access terminal for bi-directional telephony communication and a second access terminal for upstream communication.