System and method for carrying a wireless based signal over wiring

Abstract

A device, network and method wherein a standard wireless modem is coupled to wiring for carrying a wireless baseband signal that may be OFDM based, and may be directly generated by the wireless IF modem, or extracted from the modem RF signal. The wiring may be a building utility wiring, such as telephone, AC power or CATV wiring. The baseband signal is carried simultaneously with the utility service signal over the utility wiring using Frequency Division Multiplexing. The device may be enclosed with a data unit, a standalone dedicated enclosure, within an outlet or as a plug-in outlet adapter. Data units may couple the device by a wiring port such as standard data connector, or via wireless connection. The device may be locally powered or via a power signal carried over the wiring. This abstract is not intended to limit or construe the scope of the claims.

1 . A device adapted to be connected to a network over LAN wiring in a building, the LAN wiring concurrently carrying a LAN signal in a LAN frequency band and a radio frequency signal in an intermediate frequency band different from and non-interfering with, the LAN frequency band, the device comprising:
 a first LAN connector connectable to the LAN wiring;   a high pass filter, coupled to the first LAN connector, passing only signals in the intermediate frequency band;   an antenna; and   a signal frequency converter coupled to the high pass filter, the signal frequency converter converting the radio frequency signal in the intermediate frequency band received from the LAN wiring to a radio frequency band signal for transmission through the antenna and converting a radio frequency band signal received from the antenna to an intermediate frequency band signal for transmission over the LAN wiring.   
     
     
         2 . The device according to  claim 1  further comprising a low pass filter coupled to the first LAN connector, passing only signals in the LAN frequency band to network devices connected to the a second LAN connector. 
     
     
         3 . The device according to  claim 1  further comprising at least one of a radio frequency filter and a Tx/Rx switch connected between the antenna and the signal frequency converter. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the radio frequency band signal is a cellular telephone signal selected from the group including GSM, GPRS, 2.5G, 3G, UMTS, DCS, PCS, CDMA, WCDMA and WiMAX. 
     
     
         6 . (canceled) 
     
     
         7 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the radio frequency band signal is a wireless local area networking signal. 
     
     
         8 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the radio frequency band signal is a wireless wide area network signal. 
     
     
         9 . The device according to  claim 1  wherein the LAN wiring carries a power signal and the device is powered by the power signal. 
     
     
         10 .- 31 . (canceled) 
     
     
         32 . A device adapted to be connected to a network over LAN wiring in a building, the LAN wiring concurrently carrying a LAN signal in a LAN frequency band and a radio frequency signal in an intermediate frequency band different from and non-interfering with, the LAN frequency band, the device comprising:
 a first LAN connector connectable to the LAN wiring;   a high pass filter, coupled to the first LAN connector, passing only signals in the intermediate frequency band;   a processor; and   a network interface adapted for connecting the device to an external network, wherein   the processor converts a network signal received from the external network to the radio frequency signal in the intermediate frequency band for transmission over the LAN wiring and converts the radio frequency signal in the intermediate frequency band received from the LAN wiring to a network signal for transmission over the external network.   
     
     
         33 . The device according to  claim 32  further comprising a low pass filter connecting the first LAN connector to a second LAN connector, the second LAN connector providing a data connection for a network device. 
     
     
         34 . The device according to  claim 32  further comprising a Tx/Rx switch connected between the high pass filter and the processor. 
     
     
         35 . The device according to  claim 32  wherein the radio frequency band signal is a cellular telephone signal selected from the group including GSM, GPRS, 2.5G, 3G, UMTS, DCS, PCS, CDMA, WCDMA and WiMAX. 
     
     
         36 . (canceled) 
     
     
         37 . The device according to  claim 32  wherein the radio frequency band signal is a wireless local area networking signal. 
     
     
         38 . The device according to  claim 32  wherein the radio frequency band signal is a wireless wide area network signal. 
     
     
         39 . The device according to  claim 32  wherein the LAN wiring carries a power signal and the device is powered by the power signal. 
     
     
         40 . (canceled) 
     
     
         41 . The device according to  claim 32  further comprising a media access control layer processor connected between the network interface and the processor. 
     
     
         42 . The device according to  claim 32  further comprising an RF-IF converter and a signal frequency converter connecting the processor to the high pass filter,
 wherein the RF-IF converter converts signals received from the processor from an intermediate frequency band to the radio frequency band and signals received from the signal frequency converter from the radio frequency band to the intermediate frequency band and the signal frequency converter converts signals received from the LAN wiring from an intermediate frequency band to the radio frequency band and signals received from the processor from the radio frequency band to the intermediate frequency band. 
 
     
     
         43 . The device according to  claim 42  further comprising at least one of a Tx/Rx switch and a radio frequency filter connected between the RF-IF converter and the signal frequency converter. 
     
     
         44 . (canceled) 
     
     
         45 . The device according to  claim 32  further comprising:
 an antenna;
 a sharing device connecting the processor and the high pass filter to the antenna; 
 a line interface connecting the high pass filter to the sharing device; and 
 an RF-IF converter connecting the sharing device to the antenna, where the RF-IF converter converts the intermediate frequency band signals to the radio frequency band signals and the radio frequency band signals to the intermediate frequency band signals. 
 
 
     
     
         46 . The device according to  claim 45  further comprising at least one of a Tx/Rx switch and a radio frequency filter connected between the RF-IF converter and the antenna. 
     
     
         47 . (canceled) 
     
     
         48 . The device according to  claim 32  further comprising:
 an antenna; 
 a sharing device connecting the processor and the high pass filter to the antenna; 
 a signal frequency converter connecting the high pass filter to the sharing device; and 
 an RF-IF converter connecting the processor to the sharing device; 
 wherein the RF-IF converter converts signals received from the processor from an intermediate frequency band to the radio frequency band and signals received from the sharing device from the radio frequency band to the intermediate frequency band and the signal frequency converter converts signals received from the LAN wiring from an intermediate frequency band to the radio frequency band and signals received from the sharing device from the radio frequency band to the intermediate frequency band. 
 
     
     
         49 .- 50 . (canceled)