Patent ID: 8285890

Claim:
A host device interfacing with a point of deployment (POD), the host device comprising: an internet protocol (IP) physical interface unit configured to receive an Ethernet frame including an IP packet which contains first moving picture experts group (MPEG) transport stream (TS) packets through an IP network which is external to the host device; a broadband interface unit configured to receive a cable broadcast signal delivering second MPEG TS packets through a cable; a demodulating unit configured to demodulate the cable broadcast signal; a routing engine configured to route the IP packet based on destination information included in the Ethernet frame; a decapsulator configured to extract the first MPEG TS packets from the IP packet; and a multiplexer, which is located at the host device, configured to multiplex the first MPEG TS packets extracted from the IP packet and second MPEG TS packets delivered in the cable broadcast signal and send the multiplexed first and second MPEG TS packets to the POD.