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Patent US6493875 - In-home wireless - Google PatenteSuche Bilder Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive Mehr » Erweiterte Patentsuche | Webprotokoll | Anmelden Erweiterte Patentsuche PatenteIn a residential environment with more than one analog television set a residential gateway has a network interface module which receives signals from a telecommunications network. The signals contain compressed digital video information which is routed within the gateway to a video module for the generation...http://www.google.de/patents/US6493875?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6493875 - In-home wireless Ver�ffentlichungsnummerUS6493875 B1PublikationstypErteilung Anmeldenummer09/026,038 Ver�ffentlichungsdatum10. Dez. 2002Eingetragen19. Febr. 1998 Priorit�tsdatum19. Febr. 1997Auch ver�ffentlicht unterCA2229904A1CA2229904C ErfinderThomas R. EamesTevfik M. UrazGrant E. MoultonUrspr�nglich Bevollm�chtigterNext Level Communications, Inc.Motorola Wireline Networks, Inc.Motorola, Inc.Next Level Communications US-Klassifikation725/81725/74725/118348/E07.51725/119725/105725/106709/217348/E07.5Internationale KlassifikationH04N7/16H04L12/28H04N7/10H04L29/06 UnternehmensklassifikationH04L29/06238H04L29/06027H04N7/106H04L29/06H04N7/108H04L12/2801H04L29/06258 Europ�ische KlassifikationH04L12/28BH04N7/10HH04L29/06H04N7/10WH04L29/06M2N2S2H04L29/06M2N2M2ReferenzenPatentzitate (23)Nichtpatentzitate (9) Referenziert von (62)Externe LinksUSPTO USPTO-Zuordnung EspacenetIn-home wirelessUS 6493875 B1 Zusammenfassung In a residential environment with more than one analog television set a residential gateway has a network interface module which receives signals from a telecommunications network. The signals contain compressed digital video information which is routed within the gateway to a video module for the generation of an analog video signal for a television set located near the residential gateway, and to a wireless module for transmission to a remote receiver using spread spectrum communications.
receiving asynchronous transfer mode cells at said residential gateway, wherein the asynchronous transfer mode cells are received via a twisted wire pair cable connecting said residential gateway to a telecommunications network; extracting a series of MPEG video packets from the asynchronous transfer mode cells; transmitting the series of MPEG video packets over an MPEG bus to each of a plurality of video decoders and a wireless module; receiving the series of MPEG video packets at each of the plurality of video decoders; decoding the series of MPEG video packets at a first video decoder in the plurality of video decoders to produce a first analog television signal compatible with a first analog television set; receiving the series of MPEG video packets at the wireless module; generating a wireless signal containing MPEG video packets in the wireless module; and transmitting the wireless signal to a remote receiver for subsequent decoding for a second analog television set. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the wireless signal is a spread spectrum wireless signal.
receiving channel change commands from a first remote control located near the first analog television set, wherein the channel change commands trigger a change in the contents of the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable. 4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:
receiving channel change commands from a second remote control located near the second analog television set, wherein the channel change commands trigger a change in the contents of the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable. 5. The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the first analog television signal to the first analog television set, wherein the first analog television signal is an S-video signal.
receiving channel change commands from a first remote control comprises receiving infrared channel change commands from the first remote control; and receiving channel change commands from a second remote control comprises receiving radio wave channel change commands from the second remote control. 8. The method of claim 4, wherein
receiving channel change commands from a first remote control includes receiving infrared channel change commands from the first remote control; and receiving channel change commands from a second remote control includes receiving the channel change commands via a cable connection. 9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
extracting digital voice signals from the asynchronous transfer mode cells; and transmitting the digital voice signals to a telephone module over a time division multiplexing bus. 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
extracting digital data signals from the asynchronous transfer mode cells; and providing the digital data signals to an Ethernet module. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the telecommunications network is a DSL network.
a microprocessor; memory connected to said microprocessor; a network interface module, connected to a telecommunications network via a twisted wire pair cable, for receiving asynchronous transfer mode cells and extracting a series of MPEG video packets from the asynchronous transfer mode cells; an MPEG bus for transporting the series of MPEG video packets from said network interface module to a first video processor and from said network interface module to a wireless module; wherein the first video processor processes the series of MPEG video packets and creates a first analog signal for a first television set; wherein the wireless module generates wireless signals for transmission to a receiving device in communication a second television set; and a control bus connected to the microprocessor, the first video processor and the wireless module. 15. The residential gateway of claim 14 wherein the wireless signals are spread spectrum wireless signals.
an infrared receiver for receiving first channel change commands from a first remote control associated with the first television set, wherein the first channel change commands trigger a change in the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable; and a wireless receiver for receiving second channel change commands from a second remote control associated with the second television set, wherein the second channel change commands trigger a change in the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable. 17. The residential gateway of claim 14, further comprising:
an infrared receiver for receiving first channel change commands from a first remote control associated with the first television set, wherein the first channel change commands trigger a change in the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable; and a cable compatible receiver for receiving second channel change commands from a second remote control associated with the second television set, wherein the second channel change commands trigger a change in the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable. 18. The residential gateway of claim 14, wherein the network interface module extracts digital voice signals from the asynchronous transfer mode cells and further comprising
a telephony module for converting the digital voice signals to analog voice signals; and a time division multiplex bus for transmitting the digital voice signals from said network interface module to said telephony module. 19. The residential gateway of claim 14, wherein the network interface module extracts digital data signals from the asynchronous transfer mode cells and further comprising an Ethernet module for forwarding the digital data signals.
a microprocessor; memory connected to said microprocessor; a network interface module, connected to a telecommunications network via a twisted wire pair cable, for receiving asynchronous transfer mode cells and capable of extracting MPEG video packets, digital data signals and digital voice signals from the asynchronous transfer mode cells; a plurality of video processors, associated with a plurality of televisions, for processing the MPEG video packets and creating analog video signals for the associated televisions; a wireless module, for generating spread spectrum signals for transmission to a receiving device in communication with a wireless-remote television set an MPEG bus for transporting the MPEG packets from said network interface module to said plurality of video processors and to said wireless module; a telephony module for converting the digital voice signals to analog voice signals; a time division multiplex bus for transmitting the digital voice signals from said network interface module to said telephony module; an Ethernet module for transmitting the digital data signals to equipment associated with the residential gateway; a receiver for receiving channel change commands from remote controls associated with the plurality of televisions and the wireless-remote television, wherein the channel change commands trigger a change in the contents of the asynchronous transfer mode cells received via the twisted wire pair cable; and a control bus, connected to said microprocessor, said plurality of video processors, said wireless module, said Ethernet module and said telephony module. Beschreibung
CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60/038,426 filed Feb. 19, 1997.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Advances in the field of telecommunications allow large amounts of digital information to be delivered to residences. Inside the residence, devices can be connected to the network by twisted wire pairs which provide telephone services today, or by coaxial cable similar to that used by cable operators to provide cable TV services.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A wireless gateway located in a residence is connected to a broadband access system and transmits data received from the network to the devices in the residence using wireless transmission techniques, and receives data from the devices using wireless transmission techniques, and transmits that data onto the broadband access network.
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