Patent ID: 7623858

Claim:
An integrated fixed and mobile communications system, the system comprising: at least one passive optical network (PON) optical line terminal (OLT) located at a central office, the PON configured to aggregate a plurality of data to and from at least one premises along a vehicular/pedestrian traffic way and served by the central office; at least one PON splitter located along the traffic way to receive from and send to the OLT, the plurality of data and configured to control the flow of the plurality of data to and from at least one premises located along the traffic way which is connected to one of the PON splitters, if a subscriber, and a plurality of fiber optic distribution cables to deliver information to and retrieve from the at least one PON splitter; and wherein the at least one WAP is configured to communicate the plurality of data to and from any of a plurality of wireless devices located proximate to the traffic way; wherein the at least one WAP is placed as necessary proximate to a breakout point of the at least one PON splitter where at least one drop cable to the premises emanates, such that a first coverage area and a second coverage area abut or overlap in such a manner that there is no loss of communications to the mobile devices as they move along the traffic way, and wherein the at least one WAP also connects to a WMAN controller/switch; wherein the at least one WAP is placed along a major traffic way as the plurality of data is delivered between the at least one PON splitter and the OLT such that a first coverage area and a second coverage area abut or overlap in such a manner that there is no loss of communications to the mobile devices as they move along the major traffic way, and wherein the at least one WAP also connects to a WMAN controller/switch; and wherein the integrated fixed and mobile communications system is proximate to the vehicular/pedestrian traffic way, utilized with a very high speed and capacity fiber-to-the-premises/curb/neighborhood (FttX) packet data-only network to enable communications between a plurality of mobile devices and the FttX network, and configured to provide a plurality of data containing video, audio, voice communications, broadcast radio programming, and data.