Patent ID: 8787223

Claim:
A system for distributing signals from a first communications network and a second communications network to a location, comprising: a base transceiver station configured to receive a signal from the first communications network and convert the signal into an RF signal for transmission to a mobile terminal, the RF signal having an RF frequency above a threshold frequency; and a coupling module configured to: receive the RF signal from the base transceiver station and receive a data signal from the second communications network, the data signal having a RF frequency below the threshold frequency; combine the RF signal and the data signal into a combined signal with the RF signal and data signal each retaining their respective frequencies; and provide the combined signal over a coaxial cable link to a cable/wireless interface at the location, wherein a forward path signal sensing module of the cable/wireless interface deactivates an RF element of the cable/wireless interface when the forward path signal sensing module determines a strength of the RF signal separated out from the combined signal to be below a threshold signal strength.