A Residential Gateway (RG) for distributing video, data and telephone services
to multiple devices within a residence is disclosed. The RG receives signals from
a telecommunications network, converts the signals to formats compatible with the
multiple devices, and transmits the appropriate signals to the appropriate devices.
Wireless remote control devices (RCs) associated with remotely located televisions
(TVs) transmit channel select commands to the RG as wireless signals. The wireless
signals are received by Remote Antennae Packages (RAPs) coupled to the remotely
located TVs. The RAPs transmit the wireless signals over coaxial cable to a Media
Interface Device (MID) coupled to the RG. The MID extracts the channel select commands
and forwards them to the RG. The MID is also capable of combining and splitting
TV signals, and adjusting the impedance of network signals so that they can be
transmitted over the coaxial cable.