Patent ID: 7035270

Claim:
An arrangement for providing a communication interface between a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network and an in-home communications network, the arrangement comprising: a home networking gateway disposed to communicate with the HFC network and couple communications to the in-home network, the home networking gateway including a translator for mapping between HFC-based communication protocols and in-home network-based protocols wherein the home networking gateway further comprises; a home network interface connection module for supporting a pre-defined in-home communication protocol; a voice telephony service connection module, coupled to the home network interface connection module, for providing communication with in-home telephony devices; a data service connection module for providing communication with in-home data-based devices; a cable modem connection module for providing communication with the HFC network; a communication bus coupled to each of the voice telephone service connection module, the data service connection module and the cable modem connection module for enabling communication between each module; and a translator processor coupled to the communication bus for mapping between communication protocols used by the HFC network and protocols used by the in-home network and providing translated protocols with each transaction; a device database coupled to said home networking gateway and comprising configuration files associated with various in-home telecommunications devices; and a service level agreement database coupled to said home networking gateway and comprising a listing of authorized services for the in-home network, class of service information and quality of service information.