Systems, methods and apparatus for converting between wireless protocols
Various embodiments of systems, devices, and methods are described for wireless communication. In one example a first wireless signal is received in a first radio frequency spectrum using a first antenna exterior to a building. The first wireless signal is associated with a first wireless protocol. The first wireless signal is converted into a first intermediate signal associated with a coaxial protocol. The first intermediate signal is transmitted to an interior of the building using a coaxial cable. The first intermediate signal is converted into a second signal associated with a second wireless protocol. The second signal is then transmitted in a second radio frequency spectrum using a second antenna interior to the building. The second signal is transmitted using the second wireless protocol.
1. A wireless communication method, comprising:
receiving a first wireless signal in a first radio frequency spectrum using a first antenna, the first wireless signal being associated with a wide area wireless protocol;
converting the first wireless signal into a first intermediate signal, wherein the first intermediate signal has a first frequency associated with a coaxial protocol;
transmitting the first intermediate signal using the coaxial protocol;
converting the first intermediate signal into a second wireless signal associated with a local area wireless protocol; and
transmitting the second wireless signal in a second radio frequency spectrum using the local area wireless protocol.
2. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving a third wireless signal in the second radio frequency spectrum using the second antenna, the third wireless signal being associated with the local area wireless protocol;
converting the third wireless signal into a second intermediate signal associated with the coaxial protocol;
transmitting the second intermediate signal using the coaxial protocol;
converting the second intermediate signal into a fourth signal associated with the wide area wireless protocol; and
transmitting the fourth signal in the first radio frequency spectrum using the first antenna, the fourth signal being transmitted using the first wireless protocol.
3. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the coaxial protocol is a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) protocol.
4. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:
combining the first intermediate signal with a received satellite signal; and
transmitting the combined first intermediate signal and received satellite signal using the coaxial protocol.
5. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , further comprising:
combining the second intermediate signal with control/command communications and electrical power; and
transmitting the combined second intermediate signal, control/command communications, and electrical power t using the coaxial protocol.
6. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the wide area wireless protocol corresponds to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol and the local area wireless protocol corresponds to a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.
7. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio frequency spectrum and the second radio frequency spectrum include one or more non-contiguous frequency bands.
8. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio frequency spectrum includes one or more frequency bands that overlap with one or frequency bands of the second radio frequency spectrum.
9. The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the first wireless signal and the local area wireless signal carry voice over IP (VoIP) data.
10. A wireless communication system, comprising:
a first antenna to receive a first wireless signal in a first radio frequency spectrum, the first wireless signal being associated with a wide area wireless protocol;
an access device to convert the first wireless signal into a first intermediate signal and transmit the first intermediate signal using a coaxial protocol, the first intermediate signal having a first frequency associated with the coaxial protocol;
a conversion device to convert the first intermediate signal into a second wireless signal associated with a local area wireless protocol; and
a second antenna to transmit the second wireless signal in a second radio frequency spectrum using the local area wireless protocol.
11. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein:
the second antenna receives a third wireless signal in the second radio frequency spectrum, the third wireless signal being associated with the local area wireless protocol;
the conversion device converts the third wireless signal into a second intermediate signal associated with the coaxial protocol and transmits the second intermediate signal to the access device using the coaxial protocol;
the access device converts the second intermediate signal into a fourth signal associated with the wide area wireless protocol; and
the first antenna transmits the fourth signal in the first radio frequency spectrum, the fourth signal being transmitted using the wide area wireless protocol.
12. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the coaxial protocol is a Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA) protocol.
13. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein:
the access device combines the first intermediate signal with a received satellite signal and transmits the combined first intermediate signal and received satellite signal using the coaxial protocol.
14. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein:
the conversion device combines the second intermediate signal with control/command communications and electrical power; and transmits the combined second intermediate signal, control/command communications, and electrical power to the access device using the coaxial protocol.
15. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the wide area wireless protocol corresponds to a wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol and the local area wireless protocol corresponds to a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol.
16. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the first radio frequency spectrum and the second radio frequency spectrum include one or more non-contiguous frequency bands.
17. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein the first radio frequency spectrum includes one or more frequency bands that overlap with one or more frequency bands of the second radio frequency spectrum.
18. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , wherein one or more of the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal carry voice over IP (VoIP) data.
19. The wireless communication system of claim 10 , further comprising:
a signal reception platform comprising the first antenna, the access device, and a satellite antenna.
20. A computer-readable media storing non-transitory computer executable instructions that when executed cause a computing system to perform a method for wireless communications comprising:
receiving a first wireless signal in a first radio frequency spectrum using a first antenna, the first wireless signal being associated with a wireless wide area network (WWAN) protocol;
converting the first wireless signal into a first intermediate signal, wherein the first intermediate signal has a first frequency associated with a coaxial protocol;
transmitting the first intermediate signal using the coaxial protocol;
converting the first intermediate signal into a second wireless signal associated with a wireless local area network (WLAN) protocol; and
transmitting the second wireless signal in a second radio frequency spectrum using the WLAN protocol.