Addressing and locating in-line coaxial cable devices within customer premises in cable-based networks
AssigneeTime Warner Cable Enterprises LLC
InventorsRoger Stafford, Dean Osborne
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Abstract
An exemplary apparatus for use in a cable-based network includes passive circuitry coupled with an input of the apparatus and configured to generate an output signal having frequency response characteristics controlled as a function of a value of at least one component in the passive circuitry. The apparatus further includes active circuitry coupled with the input of the apparatus. The active circuitry is configured to generate a message signal indicative of a presence of the apparatus in the cable-based network in response to an interrogation signal supplied to the apparatus.
Claims19
An in-line coaxial cable apparatus for use in a cable-based network, the apparatus comprising:
- passive circuitry coupled in-line with the cable-based network, an input of the apparatus and the passive circuitry being configured to receive an input signal from the cable-based network and to generate an output signal having frequency response characteristics controlled as a function of a value of at least one component in the passive circuitry;
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- active circuitry coupled with an input of the apparatus, the active circuitry being configured to generate a message signal conveyed over the cable-based network, the message signal being indicative of a presence of the apparatus in the cable-based network in response to an interrogation signal supplied to the apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.