Patent ID: 7248573
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for receiving data signals and coupling data signals to an Ethernet network, said system comprising: a plurality of dumb nodes, each dumb node comprising a radio receiver and an encapsulator, said radio receiver including a baseband processor for providing serial data signals composed of data frames each including a packet payload, and said encapsulator including means for encapsulating said data frames within temporary Ethernet frames, and wherein each dumb node includes a multiplexer for multiplexing host controller interface data with pulse-code modulated voice data into said data frames; an intelligent node comprising a de-encapsulator, and a protocol processor for providing addressed Ethernet packets for transmission in said network; and a plurality of physical links, each physical link coupling one of said dumb nodes with said intelligent node; wherein: said encapsulator is coupled to said physical link to send said temporary Ethernet frames across the physical link only to said de-encapsulator; said de-encapsulator includes means for receiving temporary Ethernet frames from said link and de-encapsulating said temporary Ethernet frames to recover said data frames; and said protocol processor includes means for converting said data frames into said addressed Ethernet packets.