INTEGRATION OF A WIRELESS WIDE-AREA NETWORK (WAN) DATA TERMINAL WITH A NETWORK PROCESSOR FOR INTERFACING WITH LOCAL-AREA NETWORK (LAN) NODES

摘要

A wireless data terminal apparatus, comprising: a wireless wide-area network (WAN) data terminal configured to provide data communication over a wireless wide-area telecommunication network, the wireless WAN data terminal including at least a data processor and an RF section; and a network processing module configured to provide access to a local-area network (LAN), the network processing module providing multi-port switch functionality to allow connection of the wireless WAN data terminal to a plurality of LAN devices coupled to the LAN.