Patent ID: 8879587

Claim:
An apparatus for coaxial cable based broad and communication convergence in a home for supporting a frequency band less than a frequency band used in Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA), comprising: a broadcast processor that transmits and receives broadcast signals from an external broadcasting network; a communication processor that transmits and receives communication signals from an external communication network; and a broadcast and communication converging unit that is operated as a terminal for the broadcast signals input to the broadcast processor and the communication signals input to the communication processor, and divides an occupied frequency band of the broadcast signal from a remaining frequency band, and uses the remaining frequency band as a channel for the communication signals; a data communication processor that transmits and receives data communication signals from an external data communication network, and wherein the broadcast and communication converging unit uses the remaining frequency band as a channel for the data communication signals, wherein the broadcast and communication converging unit includes a cable channel muldem for multiplexing and demultiplexing signals, a home area network (HAN) transceiver that connects broadcast terminals or communication terminals on the coaxial cable with the cable channel muldem, and a cable channel controller that controls the cable channel muldem and the HAN transceiver.