US Patent No: 7,616,890
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System, device and method of expanding the operational bandwidth of a communication infrastructure
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Nov 10, 2009
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Dec 20, 2005
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Abstract
Embodiments of the invention include a method, device an/or system of expanding the operational bandwidth of a communication infrastructure. An optical gathering box may include, according to some demonstrative embodiments of the invention, an optical connector to optically connect the apparatus to an optic fiber; and at least one interface including first and second radio-frequency connectors; an optical to radio-frequency converter to convert a downstream optical signal received via the optical connection into an extended downstream radio-frequency signal in an extended downstream frequency band; and a triplexer to route the extended downstream signal to the first radio-frequency connector; to route a legacy downstream radio-frequency signal in a legacy frequency band from the second radio-frequency connector to the first radio-frequency connector; and to route a legacy upstream radio-frequency signal in the legacy frequency band from the first radio-frequency connector to the second radio-frequency connector. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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