Catv hybrid fiber-coaxial network amplifier portable wireless adapter
AssigneeApplied Optoelectronics, Inc.
InventorsYi WANG, Ramesh NALLUR, Rafael CELEDON
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Abstract
The present disclosure provides an RF line extender amplifier in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, the RF line extender amplifier including: RF amplifier circuitry; a service port communicatively coupled with the RF amplifier circuitry; and a wireless adapter communicatively coupled with the RF amplifier circuitry via the service port, the wireless adapter configured to communicatively couple with a user device to allow for wireless maintenance of the RF line extender amplifier.
Claims31
An RF line extender amplifier in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, the RF line extender amplifier comprising:
- RF amplifier circuitry;
- a service port communicatively coupled with the RF amplifier circuitry;
- and
- a wireless adapter communicatively coupled with the RF amplifier circuitry via the service port, the wireless adapter configured to communicatively couple with a user device to allow for wireless maintenance of the RF line extender amplifier.
A system for wireless maintenance of an RF line extender amplifier in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, the system comprising:
- RF amplifier circuitry;
- a service port;
- a wireless adapter communicatively coupled with the RF amplifier circuitry via the service port;
- and
- a user device communicatively coupled with the wireless adapter and including a maintenance console for the RF amplifier circuitry, the maintenance console configured to:
- receive status information from the RF amplifier circuitry;
- and
- send control information to the RF amplifier circuitry.
A system for wireless maintenance of an RF line extender amplifier in a hybrid fiber-coaxial (HFC) network, the system comprising:
- RF amplifier circuitry;
- a service port;
- a wireless adapter communicatively coupled with the RF amplifier circuitry via the service port, the wireless adapter including a service port interface and at least one of an 802.11 wireless (Wi-Fi) interface, a Bluetooth interface, and a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver;
- and
- a user device communicatively coupled with the wireless adapter and including a maintenance console Graphical User Interface (GUI) for the RF amplifier circuitry, the maintenance console GUI configured to:
- receive status information and configuration information from the RF amplifier circuitry, wherein the status information and configuration information includes at least one of enclosure status, alarm status, amplifier status, diplex filter status, downstream spectrum information and upstream spectrum information;
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- send control information to the RF amplifier circuitry.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.