Wide-signal bandwidth multi-access channel
AssigneeThroughput Holdings, Inc.
InventorsJohn L. Tomich, Michael J. Vonahnen, Michael B. Sheehan
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Abstract
The invention is a photonic home area network for interfacing an external communications data network with a plurality of buildings, residential or commercial, in a neighborhood. The network also includes a wide-signal bandwidth multi-access channel comprising a plurality of units each including a first circuit adapted to receive photonic signals representative of a transmittable signal; and a second circuit adapted to transmit multiplexed photonic signals representative of a multiplexed data signal, wherein the units are operably coupled to a third circuit and a subsequent set of the units, wherein such coupling provides a ring network configuration.
Claims17
A wide-signal bandwidth multi-access channel comprising a plurality of units each including:
- a first circuit adapted to receive photonic signals representative of a transmittable signal;
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- a second circuit adapted to transmit multiplexed photonic signals representative of a multiplexed data signal, wherein the units are operably coupled to a third circuit and a subsequent set of the units, wherein such coupling provides a ring network configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.