Patent ID: 7545868

Claim:
A method of data transmission, comprising: representing data using ultra wideband pulses; sending at least one pulse over an electrically conductive guided medium; receiving the at least one pulse at a telecommunication interface comprising an ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem coupled to the electrically conductive guided medium, wherein the telecommunication interface further comprises a non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem coupled to a communication medium; recovering the data from the at least one pulse; and wherein the telecommunications interface comprises an XML-aware capable switch, the XML-aware capable switch receives XML data from the ultra wideband pulse over conductive medium modem, makes decisions based on the XML header, opens the data packets, transforms or encrypts the XML data into a format that can be understood by the network, and transfers the XML data in the format to the non-ultra wideband pulse over wire communication modem.