Patent ID: 7263293

Claim:
A hub device for use in a wireless voice and data system for improving coverage in an enclosed area, the hub device comprising: circuitry for transceiving RF signals with a signal source positioned generally removed from an enclosed area; voice hardware for processing voice signals in an RF wireless voice format that is used for RF wireless voice communications; data hardware for processing data signals in a data network format that is different from the RF wireless voice format; and an RF-to-DATA converter circuit operable for converting data signals between the data network format and an appropriate RF format compatible with the RF wireless voice format in order to combine and separate the voice signals and data signals in the hub device for common transmission; circuitry, in the RF-to-DATA converter circuit, for providing a continuous digital stream in the absence of data signals for providing generally continuous signals to be combined with the voice signals when data is not present; combining hardware operable for combining and separating voice signals and data signals in the hub device; optical fiber transceiving circuitry operable for modulating and demodulating the combined voice and data signals for communicating with at least one remote access point device coupled in the system.