Apparatus for providing internet protocol television service and internet service

An apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of unidirectional ingress ports, each of the unidirectional ingress ports configurable for receiving type two traffic;
• a merging unit coupled to the plurality of unidirectional ingress ports for merging the type two traffic, wherein the type two traffic is merged at a second network layer;
• and
• a plurality of unidirectional egress ports, each of the unidirectional egress ports configurable for transmitting the merged type two traffic towards a type four node, wherein the type four node is adapted for transmitting type one traffic towards a plurality of type one nodes adapted for replicating the type one traffic at a first network layer;
• wherein the first network layer and the second network layer are different.

An apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of unidirectional egress ports, each of the unidirectional egress ports configurable for transmitting type one traffic towards a plurality of type one nodes adapted for replicating the type one traffic at a first network layer;
• a plurality of unidirectional ingress ports, each of the unidirectional ingress ports configurable for receiving type two traffic from a plurality of type five nodes;
• a merging unit coupled to the plurality of unidirectional ingress ports, wherein the merging unit is adapted for merging the type two traffic at a second network layer;
• wherein the first network layer and the second network layer are different.