Patent ID: 8144646
Filing Date: 2012-03-27
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for interconnecting a broadband wireless access (BWA) network with a wired network, the wired network comprising an optical access network (OAN) broadband network, the method comprising: interconnecting the BWA network with the OAN broadband network at a selected reference point in the OAN broadband network, wherein the reference point is any one selected from a group consisting of a reference point T, a reference point a, a reference point optical distribution network (ODN) and a reference point V; wherein the reference point T is a reference point of a user network interface (UNI) in the OAN broadband network, the reference point a is a reference point of an interface between an adaptation function (AF) and an optical network unit (ONU) in the OAN broadband network, the reference point ODN is a reference point of an ODN interface in the OAN broadband network, and the reference point V is a reference point of a service node interface (SNI) in the OAN broadband network; wherein the wired network further comprises a digital subscriber line (DSL) network, and the method further comprises: interconnecting the DSL network with the BWA network at the reference point V in the OAN broadband network; wherein the BWA network comprises a WiMAX network comprising a base station (BS), the WiMAX network is interconnected with the OAN broadband network by directly connecting the BS of the WiMAX network with the reference point ODN in the OAN broadband network, and the BS is interconnected with a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) of the DSL network through existing optical fiber resources of the OAN network; wherein the BWA network and the OAN broadband network are interconnected with each other through a first interworking unit (IWU); the BWA network and the DSL network are interconnected with each other through a second IWU; and the OAN network and the DSL network are interconnected with each other through a third IWU; wherein the first IWU is connected between a reference point R the second IWU is connected between the reference point R the third IWU is connected between the reference point A wherein the reference point R