Patent ID: 8340064

Claim:
A method of wirelessly communicating information from a bidirectional high speed DOCSIS cable modem via a data connection using a first radio transceiver at a first location and a second radio transceiver at a second location, the method comprising the steps of: attaching a weather resistant housing containing (i) the bidirectional high speed DOCSIS cable modem, (ii) the first radio transceiver, (iii) a first processor, and (iv) a power supply, to an outdoor cable strand using a mounting bracket, wherein the cable strand supports a shielded two-conductor coaxial cable simultaneously carrying an RF data signal and cable AC power, the mounting bracket having a height configured to position a top of the housing vertically below a point at which the coaxial cable is supported by the strand; using a splitter to engage the shielded two-conductor coaxial cable and split the RF data signal from the cable AC power; providing the RF data signal from the splitter to the bidirectional high speed DOCSIS cable modem, and providing the cable AC power to the power supply; providing a digital signal, corresponding to the RF data signal, from the bidirectional high speed DOCSIS cable modem to the first processor; converting the cable AC power to DC power and stepping down the voltage with the power supply; using the DC power from the power supply to run the bidirectional high speed DOCSIS cable modem, the first radio transceiver, and the first processor; communicating the digital signal from the first processor to the first radio transceiver; providing a transmission signal, corresponding to the communicated digital signal, from the first radio transceiver to a first antenna; beaming a wireless signal, corresponding to the transmission signal, from the first antenna to a second antenna on a mobile user device; and communicating the beamed signal from the second antenna to the second radio transceiver and then to a second processor, both contained within the user device.