Patent ID: 7944948

Claim:
An architecture that integrates a wireless access service in a local residential/business broadband network to a broadband packet network of a service provider that facilitates end-to-end packet telecommunication services, wherein the architecture comprises: a media terminal adapter in the residential/business broadband network, coupled to an access port in the residential/business broadband network and to a broadband transport network of the service provider, wherein the broadband transport network comprises at least one of: a hybrid fiber coaxial cable system, an xDSL system, a fixed wireless system, and a fiber optic system, the broadband transport network further connected to the broadband packet network, wherein the media terminal adapter is configured to provide access functions for connecting the broadband packet network via the broadband transport network with the local residential/business broadband network, wherein the access port is configured to receive and send wireless signals to a plurality of wireless devices in the local residential/business broadband network, wherein the access port supports a quality of service functionality for the receiving and sending of the wireless signals; and a network server platform in the broadband packet network, for controlling and administering operations and services of the access port and the plurality of wireless devices in the local residential/business broadband network via the broadband transport network.