Communication system with access point

A communication system comprising:

• a wireless network terminal;
• a wired network terminal;
• and
• a communication device interconnecting the wireless network terminal and the wired network terminal, the communication device comprising a Local Area Network (LAN) controller module connected to the wired network terminal, a process unit connected to the LAN controller module, and a transcoder connecting the process unit with the wireless network terminal;
• wherein
• when the wired network terminal transmits a first kind of signal input to the communication device, a first kind of input signal is processed by the process unit and transformed into a first kind of output signal by the transcoder, and then the first kind of output signal is transmitted to the wireless network terminal;
• and when the wireless network terminal transmits a second kind of signal input to the communication device, a second kind of input signal is transformed into a second first kind of output signal by the transcoder and is processed by the process unit, and then the second kind of output signal is transmitted to the wired network terminal.

A method to communicate a network terminal with other network terminals of another type, comprising the steps of:

• providing a communication device capable of being signal-communicable with a network terminal using first signals of a first signal standard, and with other network terminals using second signals of a second signal standard;
• equipping said communication device with a transcoder capable of translating said first signals to said second signals and vice versa when said first and second signals are received by said transcoder respectively;
• and
• transmitting said first signals and said second signals through said communication device respectively between said network terminal and said other network terminals by means of signal-translation of said transcoder so as to assure no signal-translation is required in all of said network terminal and said other network terminals.