Dynamic communication splitter
AssigneeVerizon Patent and Licensing Inc.
InventorDavid Z. Chen
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Abstract
Methods and systems for splitting an initiated signal are disclosed. An exemplary system may include a transmitter configured to selectively transmit an initiated signal, and a signal splitter in communication with the transmitter. The signal splitter may be configured to selectively split the initiated signal into a plurality of recipient signals for a plurality of recipient lines in communication with the transmitter. The signal splitter may be configured to selectively modify a number of recipient signals, e.g., by adjusting a spot size of the initiated signal on the signal splitter.
Claims16
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A method, comprising:
- receiving an initiated signal having a predetermined width;
- modifying a spot size of the initiated signal on a splitting array, thereby modifying a number of splitter elements engaged by the initiated signal, the spot size determined in part from the predetermined width;
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- splitting the initiated signal into a plurality of recipient signals, the plurality of recipient signals determined in part by the number of splitter elements engaged by the initiated signal.
A method, comprising:
- receiving an initiated signal having a predetermined width;
- modifying a spot size of the initiated signal on a splitting array, thereby modifying a number of splitter elements engaged by the initiated signal, the spot size determined in part from a width of the incoming signal;
- maintaining a total signal power of the plurality of recipient signals at a first substantially constant value while modifying the predetermined width of the initiated signal, a signal power of the initiated signal remaining at a second substantially constant value;
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- splitting the initiated signal into a plurality of recipient signals, the plurality of recipient signals determined in part by the number of splitter elements engaged by the initiated signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.