System and method for high speed data communications
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property 1, L.P.
InventorAdrian Matthews
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Abstract
A method is disclosed for delivering broadband video data to an end user device comprising transmitting broadband video data via a radio frequency transmitter to a home radio frequency receiver located at a residential power transformer providing electrical power to a home; coupling the broadband video data from the home radio frequency receiver to a first modem onto a copper power line electrically coupled to the residential power transformer; receiving the broadband data on a second modem from the copper power line; and sending from the second modem, different portions of the broadband data to each of a plurality of end user devices in the home. A system and computer program for performing the method are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system including a processor, video data via a millimeter-wave signal at a first radio frequency receiver located at a first power transformer that provides electrical power at a location, wherein the video data is obtained wirelessly by the first radio frequency receiver from a network node, wherein a power of the millimeter-wave signal is limited so that the millimeter wave signal interacts with a first antenna at the first power transformer while not interacting with a second antenna at a second power transformer, and wherein the millimeter-wave signal is generated by converting an optical digital data signal using a photodiode;
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- transmitting, by the processing system, the video data by unicasting from the first power transformer to a modem at the location to deliver the video data to a plurality of end user devices at the location.
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving video data via a millimeter-wave signal at a first radio frequency receiver located at a first power transformer that provides electrical power at a location, wherein a power of the millimeter-wave signal is limited so that the millimeter wave signal interacts with a first antenna at the first power transformer while not interacting with a second antenna at a second power transformer, and wherein the millimeter-wave signal is generated by converting an optical digital data signal using a photodiode;
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- transmitting the video data by unicasting from the first power transformer to a modem at the location to deliver the video data to a plurality of end user devices at the location.
A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
- receiving video data via a millimeter-wave signal at a first radio frequency receiver located at a first power transformer that provides electrical power at a location, wherein a power of the millimeter-wave signal is limited so that the millimeter wave signal interacts with a first antenna at the first power transformer while not interacting with a second antenna at a second power transformer, and wherein the millimeter-wave signal is generated by converting an optical digital data signal;
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- transmitting the video data by unicasting from the first power transformer to a modem at the location to deliver the video data to a plurality of end user devices at the location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.