Intelligent device system and method for distribution of digital signals on a wideband signal distribution system
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. An intelligent device for transmitting information on a modulated RF signal, comprising:
- a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions recorded thereon; and
a processor, by executing the instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium, being configured to;
receive a digital stream containing digital information, the digital information containing at least one destination address to which the digital information is to be sent;
receive channel in use information identifying which dynamically allocated RF channels are currently being used in a wideband signal distribution system;
receive traffic information identifying an information throughput of the received digital information;
determine which dynamically allocated RF channels are available to carry the digital information, from among a plurality of RF channels contained in a modulated RF signal, based on the RF channels which are identified in the channel in use information as not currently being used in the wideband signal distribution system;
determine a number of dynamically allocated RF channels from among the plurality of RF channels contained in the modulated RF signal on which to carry the received digital information based on the information throughput of the digital information and the information capacity of a single RF channel;
instruct the modulator unit to distribute the received digital information across at least two dynamically allocated RF channels by modulating the received digital information into at least two dynamically allocated RF channels to be output to the wideband signal distribution system, when the traffic information indicates that the information throughput of the digital information exceeds an information capacity of a single RF channel;
instruct the modulator unit on which specific dynamically allocated RF channels from among the plurality of RF channels to carry the digital information in the modulated RF signal based on the determined number of dynamically allocated RF channels on which to carry the digital information, the at least one destination address contained in the digital information, and the determined available dynamically allocated RF channels which are not currently being used in the wideband signal distribution system; and
instruct the modulator unit to output the at least two dynamically allocated RF channels over which the received digital information is distributed to the wideband signal distribution system.
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Abstract
A plurality of intelligent device systems for use with a wideband signal distribution network, and methods for transmitting digital information and receiving digital and non-digital information onto and off of an RF carrier through a wideband signal distribution network, are disclosed. The intelligent device systems provide networks of intelligent devices that modulate and demodulate digital video, IP video/data/voice and digital wireless onto, and off of, a wideband signal distribution system, such as an analog carrier system, using existing EIA/TTA 568 standard wiring infrastructure. The methods modulate and demodulate digital video, IP video/data/voice and digital wireless onto, and off of, a wideband distribution system, such as an analog carrier system, and separate IP portions from non-IP portions.
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44 Claims
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1. An intelligent device for transmitting information on a modulated RF signal, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions recorded thereon; and a processor, by executing the instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium, being configured to; receive a digital stream containing digital information, the digital information containing at least one destination address to which the digital information is to be sent; receive channel in use information identifying which dynamically allocated RF channels are currently being used in a wideband signal distribution system; receive traffic information identifying an information throughput of the received digital information; determine which dynamically allocated RF channels are available to carry the digital information, from among a plurality of RF channels contained in a modulated RF signal, based on the RF channels which are identified in the channel in use information as not currently being used in the wideband signal distribution system; determine a number of dynamically allocated RF channels from among the plurality of RF channels contained in the modulated RF signal on which to carry the received digital information based on the information throughput of the digital information and the information capacity of a single RF channel; instruct the modulator unit to distribute the received digital information across at least two dynamically allocated RF channels by modulating the received digital information into at least two dynamically allocated RF channels to be output to the wideband signal distribution system, when the traffic information indicates that the information throughput of the digital information exceeds an information capacity of a single RF channel; instruct the modulator unit on which specific dynamically allocated RF channels from among the plurality of RF channels to carry the digital information in the modulated RF signal based on the determined number of dynamically allocated RF channels on which to carry the digital information, the at least one destination address contained in the digital information, and the determined available dynamically allocated RF channels which are not currently being used in the wideband signal distribution system; and instruct the modulator unit to output the at least two dynamically allocated RF channels over which the received digital information is distributed to the wideband signal distribution system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An intelligent device for bi-directional distribution of modulated RF signals, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions recorded thereon; and a processor, by executing the instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium, being configured to; receive a first modulated RF signal containing multiple channels from a wideband signal distribution system; instruct a demodulator unit to demodulate at least two channels contained in the first modulated RF signal when channel in use information identifies the at least two channels as containing information addressed to at least one addressable device; instruct a first combiner to combine the at least two channels demodulated by the demodulator unit into a first digital information stream when the channel in use information identifies the at least two channels as containing information addressed to the at least one addressable device, and to output the first digital information stream to the at least one addressable device; receive a digital stream containing digital information; measure an information throughput of the digital information contained in the received digital stream and generate traffic information identifying the information throughput of the received digital information; instruct a modulator unit to distribute the digital information contained in the received digital stream across at least two separate RF channels by modulating the digital information into the at least two separate RF channels when the traffic information indicates that the information throughput of the digital information exceeds an information capacity of a single RF channel; and output a second modulated RF signal containing the at least two separate RF channels to a wideband signal distribution system. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. An intelligent device for transmitting information on a modulated RF signal, comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having instructions recorded thereon; and a processor, by executing the instructions recorded on the computer-readable recording medium, being configured to; receive a digital stream containing digital information to be sent to a wideband distribution system; receive RF channel in use information identifying (i) which dynamically allocated RF channels, from among multiple channels contained in a modulated RF signal transmitted from the wideband signal distribution system, are currently being used in the wideband signal distribution system and (ii) which of the currently in use dynamically allocated RF channels are carrying digital information thereon; receive traffic information identifying the information throughput of the received digital information; determine which dynamically allocated RF channels are available to carry the received digital information, from among a plurality of RF channels, based on the RF channels which are identified in the RF channel in use information as not currently being used in the wideband signal distribution system; control a modulator unit to distribute the received digital information across at least two separate dynamically allocated RF channels, from among the multiple channels contained in the modulated RF signal transmitted from the wideband signal distribution system, that are determined to carry digital information thereon and that are detected to be currently available, by modulating the received digital information into at the least two separate dynamically allocated RF channels, based on the indication of channels which carry digital information in the RF channel in use information received by the processor, when the traffic information indicates that the information throughput of the digital information exceeds an information capacity of a single RF channel; instruct the modulator unit on which specific dynamically allocated RF channels to carry the digital information in the modulated RF signal based on the determined number of dynamically allocated RF channels on which to carry the digital information, and the indication of RF channels which carry digital information among the determined available RF channels as identified in the RF channel in use information received by the processor, and control the modulator unit to output a modulated RF signal containing the at least two separate dynamically allocated RF channels to the wideband signal distribution system. - View Dependent Claims (44)
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