Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100142949 | Smart RF over glasss (RFoG) CPE unit with seamless PON upgrade capability - Methods and apparatus are described for “Smart” RF over Glass (RFoG) CPE Unit with Seamless PON Upgrade Capability. A method includes operating a customer premises equipment device including transporting upstream cable return services with a laser; and switching a drive source for the upstream laser from an analog driver to a digital driver by using a managed electrical switch to reuse a wavelength of the laser. An apparatus includes a customer premises equipment device including a laser for transporting upstream cable return services; and a managed electrical switch coupled to the laser that is used to switch a drive source for the upstream laser to reuse a wavelength of the laser. | 06-10-2010 |
20100150557 | FTTH RF over Glass (RFoG) Architecture and CPE - Methods and apparatus are described for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) RF over Glass (RFoG) Architecture and customer-premise-equipment (CPE). A method includes up-converting a baseband upstream data signal to a frequency band above a frequency band of a baseband downstream data signal; combining the up-converted upstream data signal with an upstream cable return; transmitting the up-converted upstream data signal and the upstream cable return using a single upstream laser; separating the frequency up-converted data signal from the upstream cable return using an RF diplexer; and down-converting the frequency up-converted upstream data signal back to baseband. An apparatus comprises: a frequency up-converter that up-converts a baseband upstream data signal to a frequency band above a frequency band of a baseband downstream data signal; a frequency combiner coupled to the frequency up-converter that combines the up-converted upstream data signal with an upstream cable return; a single upstream laser coupled to the frequency combiner that transmits the up-converted upstream data signal and the upstream cable return; an RF diplexer coupled to the single upstream laser that separats the frequency up-converted data signal from the upstream cable return; and a frequency down-converter that down-converts the frequency up-converted upstream data signal back to baseband. | 06-17-2010 |
20100220994 | Self-correcting wavelength collision avoidance system - A method includes detecting wavelength collision including identifying a pair or pairs of ONTs that transmit the colliding wavelengths and recovering from collision wherein wavelengths of the pair or pairs of ONTs that cause collisions are re-adjusted to eliminate the collision. | 09-02-2010 |
20100221019 | Low-noise parallel cascade of optical receivers - A method includes cascading outputs from a plurality of photodiodes connected in parallel; and amplifying the cascaded outputs. An apparatus, includes a plurality of photodiodes cascaded in parallel; and an amplifier coupled to the plurality of photodiodes. | 09-02-2010 |
20100254708 | Laser wavelength stabilization - A method includes transmitting a plurality of time-division-multiplexed return channels from a plurality of optical network terminal outputs to a plurality of cable modem termination system inputs. Transmitting the plurality of time-division-multiplexed return channels includes transmitting a plurality of frequency-division-multiplexed return signals from the plurality of optical network terminal outputs to the plurality of cable modem termination system inputs. An apparatus includes a plurality of optical network terminals; an optical receiver coupled to the plurality of optical network terminals; an optical splitter coupled to the optical receiver; a plurality of cable modem termination system inputs. A plurality of time-division-multiplexed return channels are transmitted from the plurality of optical network terminals to the plurality of cable modem termination systems and the plurality of time-division-multiplexed return channels include a plurality of frequency-division-multiplexed return signals. | 10-07-2010 |
20120014696 | Novel wavelength allocation for RFoG/GPON/10GPON Coexistence on a single fiber - A method includes conveying a first set of signals including a plurality of first upstream signals within a first upstream wavelength region and a plurality of first downstream signals within a first downstream wavelength region; and conveying a second set of signals including a plurality of second upstream signals and a plurality of second downstream signals, wherein the plurality of second upstream signals and the plurality of second downstream signals are conveyed in a single contiguous wavelength region. | 01-19-2012 |
20120106964 | Novel RFoG CPE device offering enhanced services overlay - A method includes: receiving a downstream optical signal propagating away from a head end; dividing the downstream optical signal into a downstream high portion and a downstream low portion; diplexing the downstream low portion with an upstream low portion; combining the upstream low portion and an upstream high portion; and transmitting the combined upstream portions as an upstream optical signal propagating toward a head end. An apparatus includes: an optical receiver; an optical divider coupled to the optical receiver; an optical diplexer coupled to the optical divider; an optical combiner coupled to the optical diplexer; and an optical transmitter coupled to the optical combiner. | 05-03-2012 |
20120300789 | Delivering DOCSIS Services Over Heterogeneous Access Networks - Methods and systems are described for inserting protocol adaptation layers into access equipment to translate data over cable service interface specification services control messages to the corresponding messages in the other (multiple) heterogeneous access specification(s). A method of expanding DOCSIS into an alternative access network includes deploying a protocol adaptation layer in access equipment to translate DOCSIS control messages to corresponding messages in the alternative access network. | 11-29-2012 |
20130160068 | Universal Multiple-Band Digital Transmitter Module for CATV Upstream and Downstream - A digital transmitter includes a generic adaptable reconfigurable digital transmitter module; and a reversibly removable module operationally coupled to the generic adaptable reconfigurable digital transmitter module. Configuring a generic adaptable reconfigurable digital receiver having a programmable signal conditioner includes specifying a number of output RF channels; specifying an RF bandwidth of an output channel; and selecting a digital to analog sampling rate of a digital to analog convertor of the programmable signal conditioner as a function of the RF bandwidth of the output channel using a processor/demux of the generic adaptable reconfigurable digital receiver. | 06-20-2013 |
20130307646 | Adaptive Equalization of Impedance Mismatched Card-Edge Connections - A method includes tapping power from a broadband RF input, filtering the tapped power with a plurality of band pass filters, measuring the power filtered by each of the plurality of band pass filters and controlling an adaptive equalizer circuit to flatten excessive non-linear frequency response from the broadband RF input as a function of measured power filtered at each of the plurality of band pass filters. An apparatus, includes a broadband RF input, a plurality of band pass filters coupled to the broadband RF input, at least one power measurement circuit coupled to the plurality of band pass filters and an adaptive equalizer circuit coupled to the at least one power power measurement circuit and the plurality of band pass filters, wherein the at least one power measurement circuit provides control signals to the adaptive equalizer circuit as a function of measured power at each of the plurality of band pass files and wherein the adaptive equalizer circuit flattens excessive non-linear frequency response of the broadband RF input. | 11-21-2013 |