Patent ID: 7016362

Claim:
A communications system located at a premises and utilized with a high-speed wide-area network to promote high-speed communication between the high-speed wide-area network and a plurality of mobile wireless devices, the high-speed wide-area network providing at least information having a first characteristic and information having a second characteristic, the system comprising at least one switch in communication with the high-speed wide-area network, the at least one switch being configured to receive information from the high-speed wide-area network and control the flow of the information based at least in part on the first and second characteristics; an access point in communication with the at least one switch, the access point including a controller and an antenna and being configured to receive at least a portion of the information from the at least one switch, the received information having in part the second characteristic, wirelessly transmit at least a portion of the received information to the plurality of mobile wireless devices, and wirelessly receive further information from the plurality of mobile wireless devices and transmit at least a portion of the wirelessly received information to the high-speed wide-area network; wherein the information wirelessly communicated to and from the access point and the plurality of mobile wireless devices supports at least one of audio and video; and wherein the access point implements a wireless wide-area network with the plurality of mobile wireless devices.