Moca connectivity splitter and hub
AssigneeCommScope, Inc. of North Carolina
InventorsShi Man Li, Mark O. VOGEL
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a splitter or hub that provides plural ports for communicating MoCA signals between devices. More particularly, the present invention relates to a passive splitter to communicate MoCA signals between a gateway/amplifier port and customer devices, or a passive hub to communicate MoCA signals between customer devices. The splitter or hub includes a resistive splitter network and may include a MoCA passing filter and a test port.
Claims20
A passive in-home network device comprising:
- a housing;
- first, second, third and fourth female coaxial ports located on said housing;
- and
- a resistive splitter network including a plurality of resistors, interconnected to freely pass MoCA signals between said first, second, third and fourth ports, wherein said resistive splitter network includes first, second, third and fourth resistors, a first terminal of said first resistor being connected to said first port, a second terminal of said first resistor being connected to a first terminal of each of said second, third and fourth resistors, and a second terminal of each of the second, third and fourth resistors being connected to said second, third and fourth ports, respectively.
A passive in-home network device consisting essentially of:
- a housing;
- first, second, third, fourth and fifth female coaxial ports located on said housing;
- and
- a resistive splitter network including a plurality of resistors, interconnected to freely pass MoCA signals between said first, second, third, fourth and fifth ports, wherein said resistive splitter network includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth resistors, a first terminal of said first resistor being directly connected to said first port without intervening circuit elements, a second terminal of said first resistor being connected to a first terminal of each of said second, third, fourth and fifth resistors without any intervening circuit element, and a second terminal of each of the second, third, fourth and fifth resistors being connected to said second, third, fourth and fifth ports, respectively, without any intervening circuit element.
A passive in-home network device consisting essentially of:
- a housing;
- first, second, third, fourth and fifth female coaxial ports located on said housing;
- a resistive splitter network including a plurality of resistors, interconnected to freely pass MoCA signals between said first, second, third, fourth and fifth ports;
- a filter interposed between said first port and said resistive splitter network;
- and
- a directional coupler and test port interposed between said first port and said resistive splitter network, wherein said resistive splitter network includes first, second, third, fourth and fifth resistors, a first terminal of said first resistor being connected to said first port with said filter and directional coupler being connected in series between said first terminal of said first resistor and said first port, a second terminal of said first resistor being connected to a first terminal of each of said second, third, fourth and fifth resistors without any intervening circuit element, and a second terminal of each of the second, third, fourth and fifth resistors being connected to said second, third, fourth and fifth ports, respectively, without any intervening circuit element, wherein a terminal of said directional coupler is connected to said test port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.