Device, system and method for connecting a subscriber device to a wideband distribution network
First Claim
1. An apparatus for connecting a subscriber device supporting a legacy frequency band, occupying the frequency range of 0-1 GHz, to a wideband distribution network supporting a wide frequency band including at least a legacy downstream frequency band and a legacy upstream frequency band comprised in said legacy frequency band, an extended upstream frequency band, occupying the frequency range of 2-3 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device, and an extended downstream frequency band occupying the frequency range of 1-2 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device;
- the apparatus comprising;
an up-converter to up-convert a subscriber upstream signal within a subscriber upstream frequency band within said legacy frequency band supported by said subscriber device, into an up-converted upstream signal within an upstream sub-band of said extended upstream frequency band; and
a down-converter to down-convert an extended downstream signal in said extended downstream frequency band into a down-converted downstream signal within a downstream frequency band supported by said subscriber device.
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Abstract
A method, device and/or system for connecting at least one subscriber device, e.g., a legacy subscriber device, to a wideband distribution network. The device may include, for example, an up-converter to up-convert a subscriber upstream signal within a subscriber upstream frequency band supported by the subscriber device, into an up-converted upstream signal within an upstream sub-band of an extended upstream frequency band; and/or a down-converter to down-convert an extended downstream signal in an extended downstream frequency band, into a down-converted subscriber downstream signal within a subscriber downstream frequency band supported by the subscriber device.
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44 Claims
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1. An apparatus for connecting a subscriber device supporting a legacy frequency band, occupying the frequency range of 0-1 GHz, to a wideband distribution network supporting a wide frequency band including at least a legacy downstream frequency band and a legacy upstream frequency band comprised in said legacy frequency band, an extended upstream frequency band, occupying the frequency range of 2-3 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device, and an extended downstream frequency band occupying the frequency range of 1-2 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device;
- the apparatus comprising;
an up-converter to up-convert a subscriber upstream signal within a subscriber upstream frequency band within said legacy frequency band supported by said subscriber device, into an up-converted upstream signal within an upstream sub-band of said extended upstream frequency band; and a down-converter to down-convert an extended downstream signal in said extended downstream frequency band into a down-converted downstream signal within a downstream frequency band supported by said subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method of connecting a subscriber device supporting a legacy frequency band occupying the frequency range of 0-1 GHz, to a wideband distribution network supporting a wide frequency band including at least a legacy downstream frequency band and a legacy upstream frequency band comprised in said legacy frequency band, and an extended upstream frequency band, in the frequency range of 2-3 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device, and an extended downstream frequency band, in the frequency range of 1-2 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device, the method comprising:
up-converting a subscriber upstream signal within a subscriber upstream frequency band within said legacy frequency band supported by said subscriber device, into an up-converted upstream signal within an upstream sub-band of said extended upstream frequency band; and down-converting an extended downstream signal in said extended downstream frequency band into a down-converted downstream signal within a downstream frequency band within said legacy frequency band supported by said subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system comprising:
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a wideband distribution network supporting a wide frequency band including at least a legacy downstream frequency band and a legacy upstream frequency band comprised in a legacy frequency band, occupying the frequency range of 0-1 GHz, supported by a subscriber device, an extended upstream frequency band, in the frequency range of 2-3 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by a subscriber device, and an extended downstream frequency band, in the frequency range of 1-2 GHz, exterior to said legacy frequency band and not supported by said subscriber device; an apparatus for connecting said subscriber device supporting said legacy frequency band to said network, said apparatus comprising an up-converter to up-convert a subscriber upstream signal within a subscriber upstream frequency band within said legacy frequency band supported by said subscriber device, into an up-converted upstream signal within an upstream sub-band of said extended upstream frequency band; and a down-converter to down-convert an extended downstream signal in said extended downstream frequency band into a down-converted downstream signal within a downstream frequency band supported by said subscriber device. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44)
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