Ernest B Johnston

US Patent:

20080014932, Jan 17, 2008

Filed:

Jul 11, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/456768

Inventors:

Ernest Burns Johnston - Lilburn GA, US

International Classification:

H04Q 7/20

US Classification:

455433

Abstract:

Current practice is to design and deploy separate fixed communication and wireless telephone (e.g. cellular with data, 2.5 & 3G or Generation) or data-only (e.g. Wi-Fi) networks and then offer similar services such as telephony, internet access and steaming video over each. These two (2) separate networks are then linked over a private connection or the Internet. A simpler (i.e. cleaner, less complicated, more reliable) approach is to integrate this wireless connection into the high-capacity fixed network at intersection points throughout the overlay rather than interconnecting them as two disparate networks. This approach is applicable to PON (Passive Optical Networks) and active networks alike, though the implementations vary slightly. Considerations still must be made for security.