Patent ID: 7693105

Claim:
A wireless network for providing services to a plurality of end users, the network comprising: a plurality of routing nodes for routing traffic by using at least one wireless signal, each routing node being wirelessly coupled to at least one other node, wherein at least one routing node also performs a distribution function for distributing said traffic to at least one wireless end user device; at least one network aggregation node for routing said traffic between said wireless network and another network, the or each network aggregation node being coupled to at least one routing node; and, at least one end node for distributing said traffic to a plurality of wireless end user devices, each end node being wirelessly coupled to at least one routing or aggregation node, each end node communicating with the or each coupled routing or aggregation node by way of a dedicated point to point link, wherein each end node comprises: at least one wireless backhaul module for communicating with at least one node in the wireless network; and a wireless distribution module for communicating with said least one wireless end user device; wherein, each end node receives said at least one wireless signal from said at least one node by way of the at least one backhaul module and transmits at least a portion of at least one of said at least one wireless signal to said at least one end user device by way of the wireless distribution module; and, the or each wireless backhaul module communicates with a single node in the wireless network at any one time.