CATV communication system and method for the internet connection

• Main Authors: CHENG, JUN, KATO, HIDENOBU, YOSHIDA, IKURU, MATSUMOTO, REIJI, SHIODA, TAKEHIKO, FUKUSHIMA, AKIO, YAMAZAKI, MASAYUKI, ABE, KAZUYA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 10.01.2001
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRICITY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION; TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHICCOMMUNICATION

A CATV communication system includes a center (2) and a plurality of terminal devices (50) connected via a CATV net (40). The center includes: a first transmitter (10b) for transmitting upstream channel use information representing unoccupied channel; a first detector (10a) for detecting channel get...