Patent ID: 8861574

Claim:
A system for providing a diversity communications channel to a wireless communications network, comprising: a) an input data modulator for receiving a data input signal and transforming the input signal to at least one input data stream; b) at least one digital to analogue converter (“DAC”) operatively coupled to the input data modulator, wherein the at least one DAC is configured to convert the at least one input data stream into at least one analogue signal; c) a radio frequency (“RF”) upconverter operatively coupled to the at least one DAC, wherein the RF upconverter is configured to modulate an RF carrier signal with the at least one analogue signal; d) an intermediate frequency (“IF”) modulator operatively coupled to the at least one DAC, wherein the IF modulator is configured to modulate an IF carrier signal with the at least one analogue signal; e) a wireless RF communications receiver for wirelessly receiving the modulated RF carrier signal; f) an RF downconverter operatively coupled to the wireless RF receiver, wherein the RF downconverter is configured to demodulate the at least one analogue signal from the received modulated RF carrier signal; g) at least one analogue to digital converter (“ADC”) operatively coupled to the RF downconverter, wherein the at least one ADC is configured to convert the at least one analogue signal into at least one output data stream; h) a first data demodulator operatively coupled to the at least one ADC, wherein the first data demodulator is configured to transform the at least one output data stream into a first digital data output signal; i) an IF demodulator operatively coupled to a power-line communications channel, wherein the IF demodulator is configured to demodulate the at least one analogue signal from the modulated IF carrier signal; j) a second ADC operatively coupled to the IF demodulator, wherein the second ADC is configured to convert the at least one analogue signal into a second output data stream; and k) a second data demodulator operatively coupled to the second ADC, wherein the second data demodulator is configured to transform the second output data stream into a second digital data output signal.