Patent ID: 6845248

Claim:
A broadband wireless shared resource network architecture wherein first customers of a first service provider have Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modems configured to exchange first customer communications with first DSL connections, and wherein second customers of a second service provider have second DSL modems configured to exchange second customer communications with second DSL connections, the broadband wireless shared resource network architecture comprising: a shared DSL access multiplexer configured to exchange the first customer communications between the first DSL connections and a first premise connection, and to exchange the second customer communications between the second DSL connections and a second premise connection; a shared premise wireless interface configured to exchange the first customer communications between the first premise connection and a first spectrum in a shared wireless communication link, and to exchange the second customer communications between the second premise connection and a second spectrum in the shared wireless communication link; a shared network wireless interface configured to exchange the first customer communications between the first spectrum in the shared wireless communication link and a first network connection, and to exchange the second customer communications between the second spectrum in the shared wireless communication link and a second network connection; and wherein the first service provider has a first service node configured to exchange the first customer communications with the first network connection and provide first communication services to the first customers, and wherein the second service provider has a second service node configured to exchange the second customer communications with the second network connection and provide second communication services to the second customers.