Patent ID: 7092693
Filing Date: 2006-08-15
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for providing local area wireless communications, comprising: a content server having power-line communication (PLC) network connectivity; a device communications module; a PLC interface associated with said device communications module; said PLC interface configured for communicating data content over said PLC network with said content server; an ultra-wide band (UWB) wireless communication interface associated with said device communications module; said UWB wireless communication interface configured for communicating data content between said PLC interface and a remote device having UWB wireless connectivity; wherein said content server is configured to operate in a bus master mode when a bus master is not available on said PLC network; and means for allocating bandwidth to devices communicating over said PLC network when said content server operates in said bus master mode; wherein said content server operating in a bus master mode comprises a computer processor and programming executable on said computer processor for carrying out the operations of,