Patent ID: 6067583
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04M,H04W

Abstract:
A modular system for communicating data to and from a fixed-position telephone-line connector of a telephone system, comprising:a computer for processing baseband digital data, including;a computer interface connector for transmitting and receiving said interface data;a wired modem packaged as a unitary physical module, including;a modem interface connector adapted to mate with said computer interface connector,a modem telephone-line connector,modem electronics circuits for converting baseband data at said modem interface connector to and from modulated data at said modem telephone-line connector,a remote station packaged as a unitary physical module separately from said modem, including;a remote-station interface connector mating with said computer interface connector,a remote-station antenna for radiating and receiving wireless data,a remote-station transceiver for converting baseband data at said remote-station interface connector to and from wireless data at said remote-station antenna;a base station packaged as a unitary physical module separately from said modem, including;a base-station interface connector adapted to mate with said modem interface connector,a base-station antenna for radiating and receiving wireless data to and from said base station,a base-station transceiver for converting baseband data at said base-station interface connector to and from wireless data at said base-station antenna;a wire coupling said modem telephone-line connector to said telephone-line connector of said telephone system,whereby data may be communicated to and from said fixed-position telephone line via either wired or wireless connection with said computer, using the same modem module in both cases.