Patent ID: 8848725

Claim:
A device configured to couple a first wired segment, a second wired segment and a non-wired segment, a first digital data signal and a first service signal being concurrently carried over the first wired segment, a second digital data signal and a second service signal being concurrently carried over the second wired segment, the device comprising: a first filter coupled to the first wired segment configured to pass the first digital data signal; and, a first transceiver coupled to the first filter configured to perform bi-directional packet-based digital data communication of the first digital data signal over the first wired segment using a digital data protocol; and, a second filter coupled to the second wired segment configured to pass the second digital data signal; and, a second transceiver coupled to the second filter for performing bi-directional packet-based digital data communication of the second digital data signal over the second wired segment using a digital data protocol; and, a third transceiver coupled to a non-wired segment configured to perform bi-directional packet-based digital data communication of a non-wired signal over the non-wired segment using a non-wired digital data protocol; and an adapter coupled between the first transceiver, the second transceiver and the third transceiver configured to convert data between the non-wired digital data protocol and the digital data protocol.