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Method and apparatus for an Ethernet switch in a terminal for a wireless metropolitan area network. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a terminal for a wireless link in a metropolitan area network includes a network switch having a first port for receiving the data packets from a compute

Method and apparatus for an Ethernet switch in a terminal for a wireless metropolitan area network. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a terminal for a wireless link in a metropolitan area network includes a network switch having a first port for receiving the data packets from a computer network and a second port for forwarding the data packets; rate buffers coupled to the network switch for receiving the data packets from the second port; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the rate buffers for receiving the data packets from the rate buffers and for communicating the data packets over the wireless link. The data packets can be Fast Ethernet data packets and the network switch can include a 100 mega-bits-per-second port for receiving the Fast Ethernet packets. The terminal can include a packet buffer for storing the data packets prior to storing the data packets in the rate buffer. The network switch can be a layer-two switch. The network switch can store the data packets in the packet buffer in response to a level of space available in the rate buffer, in response to rain fade in the wireless link, in response to interference in the wireless link, or in response to a detected bit error rate for communication via the wireless link. The terminal can include an extender device coupled to the broadcast device for receiving the data packets from the computer network and for providing the data packets to the broadcast device.

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Method and apparatus for an Ethernet switch in a terminal for a wireless metropolitan area network. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a terminal for a wireless link in a metropolitan area network includes a network switch having a first port for receiving the data packets from a compute

Method and apparatus for an Ethernet switch in a terminal for a wireless metropolitan area network. In accordance with an aspect of the invention, a terminal for a wireless link in a metropolitan area network includes a network switch having a first port for receiving the data packets from a computer network and a second port for forwarding the data packets; rate buffers coupled to the network switch for receiving the data packets from the second port; and a wireless transceiver coupled to the rate buffers for receiving the data packets from the rate buffers and for communicating the data packets over the wireless link. The data packets can be Fast Ethernet data packets and the network switch can include a 100 mega-bits-per-second port for receiving the Fast Ethernet packets. The terminal can include a packet buffer for storing the data packets prior to storing the data packets in the rate buffer. The network switch can be a layer-two switch. The network switch can store the data packets in the packet buffer in response to a level of space available in the rate buffer, in response to rain fade in the wireless link, in response to interference in the wireless link, or in response to a detected bit error rate for communication via the wireless link. The terminal can include an extender device coupled to the broadcast device for receiving the data packets from the computer network and for providing the data packets to the broadcast device. n-transmitting period within the modulated frame by reducing a number of repeated symbols while maintaining the energy level of the frame; and searching frequency information of a peripheral base station with the transmission frame to perform a handoff and transmitting the searched information to a transmitter of a base station, wherein the number of repetitions includes a partial number of repetitions. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein a non-transmitting period is inserted into the transmission frame by controlling the number of repetition based on the transmission symbol energy. 13. The method of claim 11, wherein said non-transmitting period of said transmission frame is inserted in a random pattern through a variable rate limitation method. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein said random pattern is any one of a half rate, a quarter rate and an eighth rate. 15. The method of claim 11, wherein said non-transmitting period of said transmission frame is a frequency searching period. 16. The method of claim 15, wherein a starting point of said frequency searching period is modularly increased in a length unit of a transmitting period. 17. The method of claim 15, wherein a starting point of said frequency searching period is alternately changed to a front part and a rear part of a frame to maximize said frequency searching period. 18. The method of claim 11, wherein the non-transmitting period is formed based on a form of a transmitting period with a variable rate characteristic. 19. The method of claim 11, wherein the non-full rate frame is one of a half rate, quarter rate, and eighth rate frame. 20. The method of claim 11, wherein the energy level of the frame is maintained after forming the non-transmitting period by increasing a power of the remaining repeated symbols. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein a data rate of the frame is maintained when the non-transmitting period is formed. 22. The method of claim 20, wherein only the power of the remaining symbols within the frame prior to the non-transmitting period is increased. 23. The method of claim 11, wherein an interval between first and second non-transmitting periods is not a multiple of an integer. 24. A method for providing a handoff in a telephone system, comprising: forming a non-transmitting period in a non-full rate transmission frame by controlling a number of repetitions of a transmission symbol in the frame and at least one of a position and form of a transmitting period with a variable rate characteristic of the transmission frame; controlling an energy level of the transmission symbol by an inverse proportion of the number of repetitions such that a frame energy of the transmission frame is maintained; searching a base station signal of a different frequency during the non-transmitting period; and transmitting a signal to the base station of the different frequency, by a mobile terminal, wherein the number of repetitions includes a partial number of repetitions. 25. The method of claim 24, the energy level of the transmission symbol is determined by dividing a full rate energy level by the number of repetitions. 26. The method of claim 24, wherein said non-transmitting period of said transmission frame is a frequency searching period. 27. The method of claim 24, wherein the non-full rate transmission frame half rate, quarter rate, and eighth rate frame. 28. The method of claim 24, wherein a data rate of the transmission frame is maintained when the non-transmitting period is formed. 29. The method of claim 24, wherein controlling the energy level of the on symbol comprises controlling the energy level of a transmission symbol within prior to a position of the non-transmitting period. 30. The method of claim 24, wherein an interval between first and second non-transmitting periods is not a multiple of an integer. 31. A telephone system, comprising: a station that modulates data into a non-full rate transmission frame having a prescribed energy