Broadband communications device

摘要

The Residential Communications Gateway (RCG) is a broadband communications device that combines all voice, data and video communications to and from a typical residence or small business for transmission over a single, or a plurality of Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS) lines separately or in conjunction with, a wireless broadband backbone. The RCG does this by employing packetized data with Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies combined with RF communications technologies. A key consideration to the design of the RCG is that no additional or special transmission equipment must be installed at the Central Office or anywhere else in the network to enable new calling features provided by the RCG as is the case with DSL and Cable systems. By eliminating the requirement for costly infrastructure enhancements, ubiquitous high speed communications and services can be deployed to every POTS subscriber.

主权项

1. A method for increasing bandwidth and data throughput comprising the steps of:
sending a multilink request from a first device to a second device to join a multilink connection, the first device being connected at a first location to a network, the second device being connected at a second location to the network, the second location being geographically separate from the first location, the first device and the second device being configured for accessing the network; and when the multilink request is accepted by the second device, receiving at the first device first data from the network at the first location and during the multilink connection, concurrently receiving second data over a wireless connection from the second device, the second data being received at the second location from the network.