Patent ID: 7466985

Claim:
A network element for implementing scheduled high-power point-to-point (PTP) and low-power point-to-multipoint (PTMP) transmissions, comprising: an air interface configured to transmit and receive both PTP and PTMP transmissions on a given RF channel, a switch processor containing control logic configured to: enable the network element to receive a schedule containing scheduling information for downlink PTP transmissions, downlink PTMP transmissions, uplink PTMP transmissions, and uplink PTP transmissions; enable the network element to cause first data to be received over the air interface during the scheduled downlink PTP transmissions and to cause second data to be received over the air interface during the scheduled uplink PTMP transmissions; and enable the network element to cause the first data to be transmitted over the air interface during the scheduled downlink PTMP transmissions and to cause the second data to be transmitted over the air interface during the scheduled uplink PTP transmissions.