Patent ID: 7113763

Claim:
A powerline based network, comprising: a first remote wireless short range radio frequency (RF) communication module (RBTM) for receiving a data signal having a destination wireless short range RF communication device identifier (Device ID) from a first wireless short range RF communication device in a wireless RBTM coverage area of said first RBTM and forwarding the data signal to the powerline; a wireless short range RF communication access point (AP) for routing the data signal via the powerline to a destination based on the Device ID, wherein a destination RBTM identifier (ID) is appended to the data signal by accessing one or more databases providing associations between each RBTM under control of the AP and Device IDs of wireless short range RF communications devices currently located in the wireless RBTM coverage area of the RBTMs; and a second RBTM for receiving the routed data signal when the destination RBTM ID is associated with the RBTM and transmitting the data signal to a second wireless short range RF communication device (Device) disposed in a wireless RBTM coverage area of said second RBTM, wherein the Device is associated with the destination Device ID.