{
  "patent_number": "US 7596798",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How to Send Cable Internet Signals Over Wireless Links",
  "original_title": "Apparatus and method for extending DOCSIS cable modem service over wireless links",
  "summary": "A system that lets cable companies extend their internet service to remote homes using wireless radio signals instead of digging new underground cables.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a hardware bridge that connects a traditional cable television network to a wireless transmitter. It uses an embedded controller to take standard cable internet signals (DOCSIS) and map them onto radio frequencies that can travel through the air. The system includes an antenna and specific gain control units to ensure the signal remains stable despite the challenges of wireless transmission, such as power fluctuations. Essentially, it acts as a translator, allowing a cable modem at a subscriber's house to talk to the cable company's headend via a wireless jump rather than a physical wire.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover standard wired DOCSIS cable modem operations.",
    "Does not cover cellular network protocols like 4G or 5G.",
    "Does not cover satellite-based internet delivery systems.",
    "Does not cover software-defined radio systems that operate outside the specified frequency ranges."
  ],
  "filed": "2003-06-16",
  "granted": "2009-09-29",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Arcowv Wireless LLC",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/arcowv-wireless-llc",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Terry R. Nash",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/terry-r-nash"
    },
    {
      "name": "James G. Bertonis",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/james-g-bertonis"
    },
    {
      "name": "Alfred R. Melzig",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/alfred-r-melzig"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 2,
  "tags": [
    "telecommunications",
    "consumer_electronics"
  ],
  "abstract": "An apparatus and method are presented to allow the extension of a DOCSIS cable modem service over a wireless link. According to the invention a wireless hub transceiver is connected to a distribution coax cable of a DOCSIS based system. The downstream data are transferred over a wireless link to a remote subscriber radio frequency (RF) unit connected to a cable modem that provides the downstream data to the subscriber. Similarly, upstream data are sent from the subscriber cable modem over the wireless link to the wireless hub transceiver where such data are inserted back to the distribution coax cable.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7596798/netflix-streaming-service",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/7596798/netflix-streaming-service/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US7596798",
  "relatedPatents": []
}