Patent ID: 8209727

Claim:
A system, comprising: a single residential gateway; set top boxes; and a communications interface coupled with the single residential gateway and the set top boxes, wherein the communication interface comprises a controller and a transceiver, wherein the controller manages the transceiver, and wherein the controller is programmed to: receive a very high bit rate digital subscriber line signal; cause the transceiver to transmit the very high bit rate digital subscriber line signal to the single residential gateway at a first frequency over a coaxial interface, the first frequency being selected based on reducing interference between the very high bit rate digital subscriber line signal and IP signals being transmitted at a second frequency over the coaxial interface, wherein the coaxial interface is selected from a plurality of coaxial interfaces; and receive over the coaxial interface, the IP signals from the single residential gateway at the second frequency for distribution to the set top boxes over another of the coaxial interfaces, wherein the IP signals are extracted from the very high bit rate digital subscriber line signal by way of demodulation by the single residential gateway, wherein all of the IP signals that are distributed to the set top boxes from the single residential gateway are transmitted via the communications interface without being routed through another residential gateway, and wherein all of the IP signals that are distributed to the set top boxes from the single residential gateway are demodulated by the single residential gateway from the very high bit rate digital subscriber line signal.