Communication Network

Abstract

A wired network may be used to carry signals for a wireless network, in a frequency-shifted manner, to extend the range of the wireless network. A wired network may detect signal interference emanating from a wireless service provider, and received through a leak in the wired network's infrastructure. Devices may be installed or leveraged in the vicinity of the interference to extend the wireless service to geographic areas that may have poor reception. The devices may amplify wireless downstream signals and transmit them wireles sly, and may receive upstream wireless communications and transmit them upstream in the wired network's protocol.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a computing device and at a premises, a wireless signal associated with a first timestamp;   receiving, by the computing device and at the premises, a wired signal associated with a second timestamp and a velocity of propagation constant associated with a velocity of the wired signal;   determining, based on a comparison of the first timestamp and the second timestamp, a time difference;   determining, based on the time difference and the velocity of propagation constant, a location of a leak; and   reporting the location of the leak to a service provider.