Home network architecture for delivering high-speed data services
First Claim
1. A home multimedia network, comprising:
- a plurality of source nodes, wherein each of the source nodes includes an apparatus for concurrently transmitting and receiving high-speed data services;
a plurality of sink nodes, wherein each of the sink nodes includes the apparatus for concurrently transmitting and receiving high-speed data services;
a switch for connecting a first group of the plurality of source nodes located at one room to one or more sink nodes located at a different room than the first group of source nodes, the first group of source nodes and the one or more sink nodes being connected to the switch through a twisted-pair cable, wherein the twisted-pair cable includes a plurality of channels, each channel independently and concurrently carrying data belonging to a different high-speed data service, and each channel dynamically configured as either a receiver or a transmitter, the high-speed data services being concurrently transported over the twisted-pair cable, wherein two of the channels carry uncompressed multimedia data and two of the channels carry USB data and Ethernet data concurrently.
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Abstract
A home multimedia network comprises a plurality of source nodes, wherein each of the source nodes includes an apparatus for concurrently transmitting and receiving high-speed data services; a plurality of sink nodes, wherein each of the sink nodes includes the apparatus for concurrently transmitting and receiving high-speed data services; a switch for connecting a first group of the plurality of source nodes located at one room to one or more sink nodes located at a different room than the first group of source nodes, the first group of source nodes and the one or more sink nodes are connected to the switch through a twisted-pair cable, the high-speed data services are concurrently transported over the twisted-pair cable, wherein the high-speed data services include at least uncompressed multimedia data, Ethernet data, and Universal Serial Bus data.
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16 Claims
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1. A home multimedia network, comprising:
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a plurality of source nodes, wherein each of the source nodes includes an apparatus for concurrently transmitting and receiving high-speed data services; a plurality of sink nodes, wherein each of the sink nodes includes the apparatus for concurrently transmitting and receiving high-speed data services; a switch for connecting a first group of the plurality of source nodes located at one room to one or more sink nodes located at a different room than the first group of source nodes, the first group of source nodes and the one or more sink nodes being connected to the switch through a twisted-pair cable, wherein the twisted-pair cable includes a plurality of channels, each channel independently and concurrently carrying data belonging to a different high-speed data service, and each channel dynamically configured as either a receiver or a transmitter, the high-speed data services being concurrently transported over the twisted-pair cable, wherein two of the channels carry uncompressed multimedia data and two of the channels carry USB data and Ethernet data concurrently. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for concurrently transporting a plurality of high-speed data services between source devices and at least one sink device connected in a home network through a single twisted-pair cable, the apparatus is included in each of the source devices and the sink device, comprising:
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an interface for providing a connectivity to the twisted-pair cable; and a plurality of physical layer modules, wherein each physical layer module transports a high-speed data service over a twisted-pair channel and a number of the plurality of physical layer modules is the same as a number of twisted-pair channels in the twisted-pair cable; a plurality of service modules, each service module is capable of processing data of a specific high-speed data service received through and routed to a respective one of the plurality of physical layer modules, wherein the twisted-pair cable includes a plurality of channels, each channel independently and concurrently carrying data belonging to a different high-speed data service, and each channel dynamically configured as either a receiver or a transmitter and wherein two of the channels carry uncompressed multimedia data and two of the channels carry USB data and Ethernet data concurrently. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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