An embodiment of the present invention comprises a wireless communication network
topology having a wireless head end coupled to multiple Internet Service Providers,
which are in turn coupled to the Internet. In addition, the topology features a
radio transceiver in a tower coupled to the wireless head end via an Ethernet switch
for sending and receiving data to and from customer premise equipment, which in
turn is coupled to a host computer or a network of host computers. The wireless
head end may perform traffic control and forwarding operations for data received
from the Network Service Providers and the host computer(s). The wireless head
end may also perform security measures to ensure that only messages from valid
host computers are forwarded to the Network Service Providers. The customer premise
equipment can assign a private IP address range to the computer(s) and perform
network address translation.
