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The present invention is a wireless network designed to deliver information communication services, such as telephony and data services, from a service provider, such as an ISP or LEC to metropolitan commercial customer locations. The network of a preferred embodiment of the present invention incorp

The present invention is a wireless network designed to deliver information communication services, such as telephony and data services, from a service provider, such as an ISP or LEC to metropolitan commercial customer locations. The network of a preferred embodiment of the present invention incorporates all system components necessary to connect customers, application equipment (e.g., phones, PBX's, computers) to the service provider's equipment, (e.g., C.O. switch, Tandem switch, point of presence (POP) gateway, ISP server, etc.). The preferred embodiment of the present invention integrates all the various functional tasks at the component level, to build a comprehensive, cohesive network solution. The network architecture of the present invention includes a distributed set of non-hierarchal nodes, connected together via wireless links. Nodes of the network can act both as termination points (i.e., connecting to the customer's or service provider's equipment) and/or as tandems, (i.e., routing traffic on to other nodes). Links between nodes can be point-to-point or point-to-multipoint.

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1. An urban area information network system comprising:a plurality of data interfaces coupling termination equipment to said network system, wherein each interface of said plurality of data interfaces includes a first, second, and third port operational under control of control logic to selectively

1. An urban area information network system comprising:a plurality of data interfaces coupling termination equipment to said network system, wherein each interface of said plurality of data interfaces includes a first, second, and third port operational under control of control logic to selectively provide portions of data presented at one of said first, second, and third ports to a selected different one of said first, second, and third ports; and a plurality of wireless communication links each having a first end coupled to a data interface of said plurality of interfaces and a second end coupled to a data interface of said plurality of interfaces and providing at least 100 megabit per second information communication between said first and second ends, wherein said links are disposed in said urban area to allow information communicated over a one link of said plurality of links to be subsequently communicated over another link of said plurality of links thereby providing information communication over a distance larger than any single link of said plurality of links.