AGRREGATOR-BASED COST-OPTIMIZED COMMUNICATIONS TOPOLOGY FOR A POINT-TO-MULTIPOINT NETWORK

An optical combiner for a communications network transmitting both upstream signals and a downstream optical signal. The communications network includes an array of amplifiers, each receiving a respective instance of the downstream optical signal. The output of each amplifier is split among a plural...

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Main Authors Maricevic Zoran, Schemmann Marcel F, Sun Zhijian, Mutalik Venkatesh G
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 07.09.2017
Subjects
ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
ELECTRICITY
MULTIPLEX COMMUNICATION
TRANSMISSION
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Summary:An optical combiner for a communications network transmitting both upstream signals and a downstream optical signal. The communications network includes an array of amplifiers, each receiving a respective instance of the downstream optical signal. The output of each amplifier is split among a plurality of ports in a first splitter/combiner unit. The first splitter/combiner unit transmits the amplified downstream optical signal to respective second splitter/combiner units.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201615057292