Patent ID: 7570687

Claim:
A system comprising: one or more base stations adapted to transmit information between a plurality of subscriber units and a network to provide services to subscribers associated with subscriber units; and a communication hub connected to said one or more base stations by a back haul, said communication hub comprising a router adapted to provide Internet access to one or more subscribers at associated ones of said subscriber units, wherein at least one of said base stations comprises: an outdoor unit, said outdoor unit being adapted to communicate with one or more of said subscriber units over a wireless transmission medium, said outdoor unit comprising a first memory storing first software instructions in memory partitions of said first memory; and an indoor unit adapted to communicate with said communication hub over said back haul, said indoor unit comprising a second memory to store second software instructions associated with said first software instructions, said indoor unit being adapted to: detect a condition associated with said outdoor unit; determine one or more locations of at least a portion of said first software instructions in at least one partition of said first memory in response to said condition; and replace said portion of software instructions at said one or more locations with an associated portion of second software instructions stored in said second memory in response to said condition.