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WO2002041558A3
WO2002041558A3 PCT/US2001/045799 US0145799W WO0241558A3 WO 2002041558 A3 WO2002041558 A3 WO 2002041558A3 US 0145799 W US0145799 W US 0145799W WO 0241558 A3 WO0241558 A3 WO 0241558A3
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cmts
fiber nodes
cable modem
efns
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Valentino Liva
Alok Sharma
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Pacific Broadband Communications Inc
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Pacific Broadband Communications Inc
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Priority claimed from US09/715,992 external-priority patent/US6993016B1/en
Priority claimed from US09/800,397 external-priority patent/US20020056135A1/en
Priority claimed from US09/974,030 external-priority patent/US7142620B2/en
Application filed by Pacific Broadband Communications Inc filed Critical Pacific Broadband Communications Inc
Priority to AU2002236554A priority Critical patent/AU2002236554A1/en
Publication of WO2002041558A2 publication Critical patent/WO2002041558A2/en
Publication of WO2002041558A3 publication Critical patent/WO2002041558A3/en
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04B—TRANSMISSION
    • H04B10/00—Transmission systems employing electromagnetic waves other than radio-waves, e.g. infrared, visible or ultraviolet light, or employing corpuscular radiation, e.g. quantum communication
    • H04B10/27—Arrangements for networking
    • H04B10/272—Star-type networks or tree-type networks
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/20—Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
    • H04N21/21—Server components or server architectures
    • H04N21/222—Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end
    • H04N21/2221—Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end being a cable television head-end
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6106—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network
    • H04N21/6118—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the downstream path of the transmission network involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N21/00—Selective content distribution, e.g. interactive television or video on demand [VOD]
    • H04N21/60—Network structure or processes for video distribution between server and client or between remote clients; Control signalling between clients, server and network components; Transmission of management data between server and client, e.g. sending from server to client commands for recording incoming content stream; Communication details between server and client 
    • H04N21/61—Network physical structure; Signal processing
    • H04N21/6156—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network
    • H04N21/6168—Network physical structure; Signal processing specially adapted to the upstream path of the transmission network involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/16—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems
    • H04N7/173—Analogue secrecy systems; Analogue subscription systems with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
    • H04N7/17309—Transmission or handling of upstream communications
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
    • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
    • H04N7/00—Television systems
    • H04N7/22—Adaptations for optical transmission

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  • Multimedia (AREA)
  • Computing Systems (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Electromagnetism (AREA)
  • Computer Networks & Wireless Communication (AREA)
  • Two-Way Televisions, Distribution Of Moving Picture Or The Like (AREA)
  • Small-Scale Networks (AREA)
  • Data Exchanges In Wide-Area Networks (AREA)

Abstract

Enhanced Cable Modem (Fig. 7) Termination System (CMTS) functionality is incorporated into Fiber Nodes (FNs) or mini Fiber Nodes (mFNs), yielding enhanced Fiber Nodes (eFNs) (3A). These eFNs (3A) distribute CMTS functionality, by moving the cable modem teminations closer to the subscribers thereby shortening the analog RF paths required to support cable modems. Communication of both subscriber data and CMTS control data is performed over Ethernet-compatible packet networks between the CMTSs and an upstream facility (e.g., the Head End (10100)), which includes an Internet gateway. Packet data for multiple subscriber cable modems is compressed and merged over common network paths, reducing cabling plant complexity and increasing bandwidth utilization. This approach dramatically reduces the infrastructure cost per cable modem, and reduces demands on resources at the Head End (10100) for space, power, and HVAC. For HFCN channels containing signals with modulation or encoding schemes that are unknown or best processed upstream, tunnelling is provided.
PCT/US2001/045799 2000-11-16 2001-11-15 Enhanced fiber nodes with cmts capability Ceased WO2002041558A2 (en)

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AU2002236554A AU2002236554A1 (en) 2000-11-16 2001-11-15 Enhanced fiber nodes with cmts capability

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US09/715,992 2000-11-16
US09/715,992 US6993016B1 (en) 2000-11-16 2000-11-16 Methods and apparatus for transmission of analog channels over digital packet networks
US09/800,397 2001-03-05
US09/800,397 US20020056135A1 (en) 2000-03-06 2001-03-05 Transceiver channel bank with reduced connector density
US18719401P 2001-03-06 2001-03-06
US09/974,030 US7142620B2 (en) 2000-12-13 2001-10-10 Multiple input, multiple output channel, digital receiver tuner
US09/974,030 2001-10-10

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WO2002041558A3 true WO2002041558A3 (en) 2002-07-11

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US6993050B2 (en) 2001-03-14 2006-01-31 At&T Corp. Transmit and receive system for cable data service
US20040045037A1 (en) * 2002-08-27 2004-03-04 Broadcom Corporation Distributed cable modem termination system (CMTS) architecture implementing a media access control chip
US7551610B2 (en) 2002-08-27 2009-06-23 Broadcom Corporation MiniMAC implementation of a distributed cable modem termination system (CMTS) architecture
US7657919B2 (en) 2003-01-21 2010-02-02 Scientific—Atlanta, LLC Single wire return device including a QAM modulator for downstream IP signals

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US5878325A (en) * 1996-07-12 1999-03-02 At&T Corp Hybrid fiber-coax system having at least one digital fiber node
US6233235B1 (en) * 1999-11-01 2001-05-15 Motorola, Inc. Packet telephony power management
US6236678B1 (en) * 1998-10-30 2001-05-22 Broadcom Corporation Method and apparatus for converting between byte lengths and burdened burst lengths in a high speed cable modem

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US5361091A (en) * 1990-09-28 1994-11-01 Inteletext Systems, Inc. Interactive home information system for distributing video picture information to television viewers over a fiber optic telephone system
US5528582A (en) * 1994-07-29 1996-06-18 At&T Corp. Network apparatus and method for providing two way broadband communications
US5841468A (en) * 1996-04-26 1998-11-24 Convergence. Com System and method for routing data messages through a cable transmission system
US5878325A (en) * 1996-07-12 1999-03-02 At&T Corp Hybrid fiber-coax system having at least one digital fiber node
US6236678B1 (en) * 1998-10-30 2001-05-22 Broadcom Corporation Method and apparatus for converting between byte lengths and burdened burst lengths in a high speed cable modem
US6233235B1 (en) * 1999-11-01 2001-05-15 Motorola, Inc. Packet telephony power management

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