Patent ID: 8813135

Claim:
A method for communication, the method comprising: in a premises-based wired network: receiving, by a root node network controller in the premises, signals that conform to one or more first communications protocols, said signals received from sources external to said premises; bridging said received signals to conform to a second communications protocol different from the first communications protocol; and communicating said bridged signals to one or more networked devices within said premises-based wired network, said one or more networked devices comprising a television set top box downstream from said root node network controller in said premises-based wired network, wherein only signals conforming to said second communications protocol are concurrently communicated in at least two frequencies, a first in a frequency range of the first communications protocol and a second in a frequency range of the second communications protocol, the frequency range used by the first communications protocol being different from and not overlapping with the frequency range used by the second communications protocol, over said premises-based wired network.