Patent ID: 8630300

Claim:
A cross-connect system comprising: an Ethernet switch that couples to a digital subscriber line access multiplexer of a central office and couples to a plurality of buildings by way of a plurality of digital subscriber line ports, the central office being connected to a network supplying communications services, the cross-connect system being separate from the central office and coupled thereto by a communication link, the cross-connect system accordingly not directly connected to the network; a wireless transceiver coupled to a port of the Ethernet switch; a controller comprising: a memory to store instructions; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein responsive to executing the instructions, the processor performs operations comprising: providing to the plurality of buildings, via the Ethernet switch by way of the plurality of digital subscriber line ports, a first portion of multimedia services received from the digital subscriber line access multiplexer; providing to a building of the plurality of buildings having a corresponding wireless transceiver, via the Ethernet switch by way of the wireless transceiver, a second portion of the multimedia services received from the digital subscriber line access multiplexer; and adjusting a bandwidth of each of the first and second portions of the multimedia services according to bandwidth utilization needs of the building of the plurality of buildings; and a housing assembly, wherein the Ethernet switch, the wireless transceiver and the controller are co-located at the housing assembly and are remote from the digital subscriber line access multiplexer and remote from each building of the plurality of buildings, wherein the Ethernet switch is coupled to each building of the plurality of buildings by way of a hardwire link consisting essentially of twisted pair cables or coaxial cable, wherein the first portion of the multimedia services is delivered directly from the plurality of digital subscriber line ports of the Ethernet switch to the plurality of buildings over the hardwire links, the first portion of the multimedia services and the second portion of the multimedia services accordingly being delivered to the plurality of buildings only via ports of the Ethernet switch, wherein a network management system of the central office determines whether a building has a wireless transceiver to receive the second portion of the multimedia services and determines, when the building does not have a wireless transceiver, whether addition of a new wireless transceiver is required to manage the multimedia services provided to the building, and wherein the network management system of the central office automatically generates a work order to prompt installation of the new wireless transceiver when the addition of the new wireless transceiver is required.