Patent ID: 7539479

Claim:
For use with a wireless transceiver coupled to and powered by a powered wireline communication link, and being configured to wirelessly transmit and receive RF energy containing digital telecommunication signals transported over said powered wireline communication link, a method of interfacing auxiliary information with respect to said wireless transceiver comprising the steps of: (a) providing an out-of-band communication channel within a portion of a band employed for transport of said digital telecommunication signals over said powered wireline communication link; (b) at a site remote with respect to said wireless transceiver, controllably inserting first auxiliary information within said out-of-band communication channel conveyed over said powered wireline communication link to said wireless transceiver; and (c) at said wireless transceiver, controllably extracting said first auxiliary information from said out-of-band communication channel conveyed over said powered wireline communication link to said wireless transceiver, and controllably inserting second auxiliary information into said out-of-band communication channel for transport over said powered wireline communication link from said wireless transceiver to a digital communication link located at said site remote with respect to said wireline transceiver.