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Distributed splitter for data transmission over twisted wire pairs

  • US 20030165220A1
  • Filed: 03/31/2003
  • Published: 09/04/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1989
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a plurality of transceivers, each transceiver coupled between a different one of a plurality of destinations and a first jack connected to a corresponding conductive path of a telephone wiring network passing signals in a telephone voice band between a plurality of telephone devices and a telephone exchange, each one of said plurality of transceivers including circuitry for accepting signals from the corresponding conductive path in a first band of frequencies that lies above the highest frequency of a voice band of a telephone, and for rejecting signals in the telephone voice band, a signal interface coupled between an external source of information and each of the conductive paths, said signal interface receiving an external signal encoding an information stream from an external source of information, encoding the information stream in an internal signal using signals in the first band of frequencies, using information in the information stream to select any one of said plurality of transceivers, transmitting the internal signal to the selected transceiver over a corresponding separate conductive path, limiting transmission of signals from the telephone wiring network to a telephone exchange at frequencies above the telephone voice band, and passing signals between the telephone wiring network and the telephone exchange at frequencies within in the telephone frequency band, and at least one of;

    (i) a plurality of filters, each corresponding to one of the plurality of telephone devices and one of the conductive paths, each one of said plurality of filters connecting between the corresponding conductive path and a second jack, the second jack being different from and located separately from the first jack, the second jack being coupled between one of said plurality of filters and the corresponding telephone device, and (ii) a second plurality of filters, each corresponding to one of the plurality of telephone devices and one of the conductive paths, each one of said second plurality of filters connecting between the corresponding telephone device and a third jack, the third jack being different from and located separately from the first jack, the third jack being coupled between one of said second plurality of filters and the corresponding telephone device.

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