Signal processing unit for network interface unit

A network interface unit, comprising:

• a regenerator circuit for detecting an input signal from a transmission media and outputting a regenerated signal;
• a circuit for monitoring said input signal;
• a detector circuit for detecting the signal level of said input signal and outputting a characteristic signal representative of said signal level;
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• a wave shaper circuit for receiving said regenerated signal and said characteristic signal, for modifying sa id regenerated signal based on said characteristic signal, and for generating an output signal corresponding to said input signal and said characteristic signal, said output signal having no substantial signal level reduction or amplification compared to that of said input signal.

A network interface unit, comprising:

• a regenerator circuit for detecting an input signal from a transmission media and outputting a regenerated signal;
• a circuit for processing said regenerated signal to produce a processed signal, said circuit at least being capable of inserting a message in said regenerated signal;
• a detector circuit for detecting the signal level of said input signal and outputting a characteristic signal representative of said signal level;
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• a wave shaper circuit for receiving said processed signal and said characteristic signal, for modifying said processed signal based on said characteristic signal, and for generating a corresponding output signal, said output signal having no substantial signal level reduction or amplification compared to that of said input signal.

A method for interfacing a transmission network with customer premises equipment comprising the steps of:

• detecting the signal level of an input signal coming from said customer premises equipment;
• monitoring said input signal;
• regenerating said input signal to produce a regenerated signal;
• modifying said regenerated signal based on said detected signal level of said input signal to produce an output signal;
• and
• transmitting said output signal to said customer transmission network, said output signal having no substantial signal level reduction or amplification compared to that of said input signal.

A method for interfacing customer premises equipment with a transmission network comprising the steps of:

• detecting the signal level of an input signal coming from said transmission network;
• monitoring said input signal;
• regenerating said input signal to produce a regenerated signal;
• modifying said regenerated signal based on said detected signal level of said input signal to produce an output signal;
• and
• transmitting said output signal to said customer premises equipment, said output signal having no substantial signal level reduction or amplification compared to that of said input signal.

A method for interfacing customer premises equipment with a transmission network comprising the steps of:

• detecting the signal level of an input signal coming from said transmission network;
• regenerating said input signal to produce a regenerated signal;
• processing said regenerated signal to produce a processed signal by inserting a message in said regenerated signal;
• modifying said processed signal based on said detected signal level of said input signal to produce an output signal;
• and
• transmitting said output signal to said customer premises equipment, said output signal having no substantial signal level reduction or amplification compared to that of said input signal.

A method for interfacing a transmission network with customer premises equipment comprising the steps of:

• detecting the signal level of an input signal coming from said customer premises equipment;
• regenerating said input signal to produce a regenerated signal;
• processing said regenerated signal to produce a processed signal by inserting a message in said regenerated signal;
• modifying said processed signal based on said detected signal level of said input signal to produce an output signal;
• and
• transmitting said output signal to said customer transmission network, said output signal having no substantial signal level reduction or amplification compared to that of said input signal.