Patent ID: 7002995

Claim:
A network-centric service distribution architecture that integrates a wireless access service in a local Residential/Business Broadband Network (RBN) environment through the use of a local RBN to a service provider's broadband transport network and to a service provider's broadband packet network that facilitates end-to-end packet telecommunication services, wherein the RBN of the network-centric service distribution architecture comprises: a Media Terminal Adapter, coupled to at least one access port (AP) and to the service provider's broadband transport network, for providing access functions for connecting the service provider's broadband packet network via the service provider's broadband transport network with the RBN, the at least one access port, coupled to the Media Terminal Adapter, arranged to receive and send wireless signals to a plurality of wireless RBN devices, supporting telephony interworking among TIA/EIA-316 handsets, EDGE/GRPS handsets and IEEE 802.11b devices; a Network Server Platform (NSP), coupled to the service provider's broadband packet network, for controlling and administering operations and services of the access port and the plurality of wireless RBN devices associated therewith; and a private branch exchange (PBX) coupled to the Media Terminal Adapter and, in turn, to the service provider's broadband transport network and to the service provider's broadband packet network for delivery of packet telecommunications services.