Secure, distributed hierarchical convergence network

Abstract

A facility for performing employing multiple frequencies in a secure distributed hierarchical convergence network is described. The facility receives a signal in a first frequency, converts the received signal to an internal representation, applies a business rule to the converted signal, and, when the business rule indicates that the signal should be transmitted in a second frequency, causes the internal representation of the signal to be translated to a second frequency and transmitted in the second frequency.

1 . A method of facilitating communications between wireless devices using multiple different frequencies via a peer-to-peer network that couples a first peering point to a second peering point, wherein the first peering point communicates with a plurality of first communication devices over a first wireless communications system using wireless signals of a first frequency, wherein the second peering point communicates with a plurality of second communication devices over a second wireless communications system using wireless signals of a second frequency, and wherein the second frequency is different from the first frequency, the method comprising:
 receiving, at the first peering point, a down-converted first digital signal with first information from the second peering point,
 wherein the first information in the down-converted first digital signal originated from a first one of the plurality of second communication devices that was communicated to the second peering point; 
   concurrently receiving, at the first peering point, a down-converted second digital signal with second information from the second peering point,
 wherein the second information in the down-converted second digital signal originated from a second one of the plurality of second communication devices that was communicated to the second peering point; 
   applying, at the first peering point, a business rule to the down-converted first digital signal and the down-converted second digital signal,
 wherein the business rule comprises a secure-network portable policy comprising enabling criteria and actions, 
 wherein the enabling criteria describes conditions that are to be in effect at an active peering point, 
 wherein the actions indicate actions to be taken by the active peering point when the secure-network portable policy becomes active, and 
 wherein the business rule indicates that the down-converted first digital signal has a higher priority than the down-converted second digital signal, 
   wherein, at a time when network congestion over the first communication system exceeds a threshold, the method further comprising:
 translating, at the first peering point, the first information in the down-converted first digital signal into a first wireless signal configured to be communicated to a first one of the plurality of first communication devices; 
 communicating the first wireless signal with the first information from the first peering point to the first one of the plurality of first communication devices; and 
 later translating, at the first peering point, the second information in the down-converted second digital signal into a second wireless signal configured to be communicated to a second one of the plurality of first communication devices, 
 wherein the second wireless signal with the second information is communicated from the first peering point to the second one of the plurality of first communication devices after communication of the first wireless signal has completed.