Hybrid fiber-coax system having at least one digital fiber node and increased upstream bandwidth

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 5963844
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08718104

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Increased upstream bandwidth and reduced ingress noise in a shared hybrid fiber-coax transmission system (100) are obtained by modulating at least a portion of upstream signals received from subscribers to a high frequency band (e.g., 750-1000 MHz), thereby increasing the upstream bandwidth. The high frequency upstream signals are then digitally regenerated in the coaxial cable (200) plant prior to receipt at a fiber node (180). At the fiber node, the high-frequency upstream signals are again digitally regenerated and are then transmitted optically in a baseband digital format between the fiber node (180) and a head end (120). The digital regeneration of the high frequency upstream signals, and the optical transmission of such signals in a baseband digital format reduces the incidence of ingress noise.

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  • AT&T CORP.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dail, James E Marlboro, NJ 9 1092

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