Fiber optic communication system
AssigneeElliott Brothers (London) Limited
InventorsRobin D. Beasley, Trevor I. Hall, Trevor A. Morgon
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Abstract
A multi-access fiber optic communication system in which each terminal of the system is directly connected with n other terminals of the system via point-to-point transmitting and receiving links and each terminal of the system includes regenerating means whereby a signal received by that terminal is re-transmitted to the other n terminals. The signals are pulse signals and the regenerating means are arranged to re-transmit a received pulse in response to the leading edge of a received pulse.
Claims10
A multi-access fibre optic communication system comprising at least a first terminal, a second terminal and a third terminal, said first terminal being connected to transmit optical signals directly to at least said second terminal and said third terminal, and said second terminal being connected to transmit optical signals directly to at least said third terminal, wherein said second terminal includes regenerating means whereby an optical signal received by that terminal is re-transmitted to all the terminals to which that terminal is connected to transmit signals directly.
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