RF Return Optical Transmission
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1. A method for processing communication signals from customer premises equipment, comprising:
- receiving an optical signal at a first wavelength, the optical signal being modulated with telephony signals and an RF return signals;
separating the telephony signals from the RF return signals;
sampling the telephony signals;
attenuating the telephony signals;
attenuating the RF return signals based on attenuation of the telephony signals.
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Abstract
A method of transmitting TV signals and bidirectional telephone communication signals on a single optical fiber, existing telephone twisted pair infrastructure, and existing coaxial cable infrastructure. In addition to allowing the downstream transmission of television channels as well as bidirectional telephone communication, the single optical fibers also provides for the upstream travel of television related signals while requiring minimal changes of the existing infrastructure.
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22 Claims
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1. A method for processing communication signals from customer premises equipment, comprising:
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receiving an optical signal at a first wavelength, the optical signal being modulated with telephony signals and an RF return signals;
separating the telephony signals from the RF return signals;
sampling the telephony signals;
attenuating the telephony signals;
attenuating the RF return signals based on attenuation of the telephony signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 12)
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7. A system for processing communication signals from customer premises equipment, comprising:
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a photodetector operable to receive an optical signal at a first wavelength, the optical signal being modulated with telephony signals and an RF return signals, the photodetector operable to separate the telephony signals from the RF return signals;
a control circuit operable to sample the telephony signals, the control circuit operable to attenuate the telephony signals, the control circuit operable to attenuate the RF return signals based on attenuation of the telephony signals. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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13. A method for processing signals from customer premises equipment, comprising:
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receiving telephony signals from the customer premises equipment;
receiving RF return signals from the customer premises equipment;
combining the telephony signals and the RF return signals;
generating an optical signal to carry the combined telephony signals and RF return signals. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for processing signals from customer premises equipment, comprising:
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a controller operable to receive telephony signals from the customer premises equipment;
a diplexer operable to receive RF return signals from the customer premises equipment;
a laser driver operable to combine the telephony signals and the RF return signals, the laser driver operable to generate an optical signal to carry the combined telephony signals and RF return signals. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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