Wireless-signal distribution system via set-top box

A method for facilitating wireless communications via an in-building coaxial communications network coupled to a wireless communications network, the method comprising:

• providing a set-top box physically coupled to the coaxial network and the wireless network by a communications line, the communications line having an OOB frequency channel above 860 Mhz allocated within it;
• receiving from a first endpoint a request to establish a communications link with a second endpoint, the receiving comprising:
• converting electrical signaling to optical signaling and converting the frequency of signaling to a different frequency;
• and
• using the OOB frequency channel, logically coupling the first endpoint to the second endpoint, wherein the OOB frequency channel comprises an upstream component and a downstream component.

A system for facilitating wireless communications via a coaxial network coupled to a wireless communications network, the system comprising:

• one or more set-top boxes that are capable of facilitating bi-directional wireless communications, the one or more set-top boxes physically coupled to the coaxial network and the wireless communications network by a communications line having a cable out-of-band (OOB) frequency channel allocated within it;
• one or more converting devices that are capable of converting optical signals to electrical signals and of converting electrical signals to optical signals;
• one or more combining and dividing devices coupled to the set top box via the communication line and capable of combining and dividing cable and cellular electrical signaling;
• and
• a base transceiver station coupled to one or more communications networks via a base station controller.