Providing digital data services in optical fiber-based distributed radio frequency (RF) communication systems, and related components and methods

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9042732
APP PUB NO 20130188959A1
SERIAL NO

13785603

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Optical fiber-based distributed communications systems that provide and support both RF communication services and digital data services are disclosed herein. The RF communication services and digital data services can be distributed over optical fiber to client devices, such as remote antenna units for example. In certain embodiments, digital data services can be distributed over optical fiber separate from optical fiber distributing RF communication services. In other embodiments, digital data services can be distributed over common optical fiber with RF communication services. For example, digital data services can be distributed over common optical fiber with RF communication services at different wavelengths through wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and/or at different frequencies through frequency-division multiplexing (FDM). Power distributed in the optical fiber-based distributed communications system to provide power to remote antenna units can also be accessed to provide power to digital data service components.

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  • CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC

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Cune, William Patrick Charlotte, US 28 790
Sauer, Michael Corning, US 216 6576
Schweiker, Wolfgang Gottfried Tobias Weyarn, DE 27 1271

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