Provisioning of Services Via an Optical Fiber Network
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a human-habitable building;
an optical network including a plurality of optical fibers at least partially disposed in the building;
an apparatus having a receiver configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of signals from different services sourced from outside the building and a transmitter configured to simultaneously send all of the signals as optical signals to the optical fiber network, wherein at least two of the services are selected from a television service, an Internet service, and a telephone service;
a plurality of converters each coupled to the optical network so as to receive a portion of the optical signals, each converter being disposed in a different one of the rooms, and each converter configured to convert the respective received portion of the optical signals into an electrical signal; and
a plurality of conduits each carrying only a single one of the optical fibers between the apparatus and one of the converters.
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Abstract
An optical fiber network may be provided in a building or set of buildings that can be used with any type of services, regardless of whether those services are provided as electrical signals or as optical signals. To accomplish this, a service aggregation gateway may be provided that receives electrical and/or optical service signals and converts the incoming electrical signals to optical signals. Also, a way for conventional electronic devices in the building to communicate with the optical fiber network is provided. In addition, units for allowing such communication between electronic devices and the optical network may be modularized such that they are interchangeable. In addition, keyed optical fiber ferrule/connector pairs are described.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a human-habitable building; an optical network including a plurality of optical fibers at least partially disposed in the building; an apparatus having a receiver configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of signals from different services sourced from outside the building and a transmitter configured to simultaneously send all of the signals as optical signals to the optical fiber network, wherein at least two of the services are selected from a television service, an Internet service, and a telephone service; a plurality of converters each coupled to the optical network so as to receive a portion of the optical signals, each converter being disposed in a different one of the rooms, and each converter configured to convert the respective received portion of the optical signals into an electrical signal; and a plurality of conduits each carrying only a single one of the optical fibers between the apparatus and one of the converters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for use with an optical network in a building, comprising:
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a human-habitable building; an optical network including a plurality of optical fibers at least partially disposed in the building; an apparatus having a receiver configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of signals from different services sourced from outside the building and a transmitter configured to simultaneously send all of the signals as optical signals to the optical fiber network, wherein at least two of the services are selected from a television service, an Internet service, and a telephone service; a plurality of converters each coupled to the optical network so as to receive a portion of the optical signals, each converter configured to convert the respective received portion of the optical signals into a different type of electrical signal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system for use with an optical network in a building, comprising:
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a human-habitable building; an optical network including a plurality of optical fibers at least partially disposed in the building; an apparatus having a receiver configured to simultaneously receive a plurality of signals from different services sourced from outside the building and a transmitter configured to simultaneously send all of the signals as optical signals to the optical fiber network, wherein at least two of the services are selected from a television service, an Internet service, and a telephone service; a first converter disposed in the building and coupled to the optical network so as to receive a first portion of the optical signals representing a first one of the television service, the Internet service, and the telephone service, the first converter configured to convert the received first portion of the optical signals into a first electrical signal; a second converter disposed in the building and coupled to the optical network so as to receive a second portion of the optical signals representing a different second one of the television service, the Internet service, and the telephone service, the second converter configured to convert the received second portion of the optical signals into a second electrical signal. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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