Patent ID: 6831921
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H04L,H04W,Y02D,Y04S

Abstract:
A wireless network access device and relay point customer premise, comprising:a first wireless modem; a directional antenna connected to said first wireless modem; a first interface adapted for conveying bidirectional data signals and power via a customer premise to said first wireless modem; a second wireless modem; an omni-directional antenna connected to said second wireless modem; and a second interface for receiving power and at least a portion of the bidirectional data signals and for switching data from said second wireless modem to said first wireless modem to be communicated from said first wireless modem; and wherein one or more of said first wireless modem, said second wireless modem, a connection to said directional antenna, a connection to said omni-directional antenna, said first interface, or said second interface, are environmentally enclosed, and wherein said first and second wireless modems, said directional and omni-directional antennas, and said first and second interfaces are each located at a customer premise which also serves as a relay point of the wireless network.