Patent ID: 6104513
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
A system for communicating high bandwidth signals in-between informational appliances located within a building and an external communication network, comprising:A. at least one free space optical distribution transceiver located on said building,B. a plurality of optical beam splitters located outside the windows of said building, each beam splitter being adjusted to reflect to the inside of said building a portion of an optical communication beam from said at least one free space optical distribution transceiver,C. a plurality of free space optical user transceivers, wherein each such user transceiver:1) is located within said building and oriented so as to receive a portion of said optical communication beam reflected by one of said beam splitters and to transmit a free space optical communication signal to one of said at least one free space optical distribution transceivers, and2) is in communication with at least one of said informational appliances, andD. an interface station located on or near said building for providing high bandwidth communication between said free space optical distribution transceiver and said external communication network.