EP 1004202 A1 20000531 - PHOTONIC HOME AREA NETWORK
Title (en)
PHOTONIC HOME AREA NETWORK
Title (de)
PHOTONISCHES NAHBEREICHSNETZWERK
Title (fr)
RESEAU LOCAL DOMESTIQUE PHOTONIQUE
Publication
Application
Priority
US 9708694 W 19970522
Abstract (en)
[origin: WO9853610A1] The invention is a photonic home area network for interfacing an external communication data network with a plurality of buildings, residential or commercial, in a neighborhood. The external communication network has a plurality of user data bandwidth segments with at least television programming data, audio programming data and telephony service data provided to the network. The photonic home area network has a photonic multiaccess channel, a head-end communication circuit, a plurality of set-top box circuits (24), and an executable programm for demultiplexing and distributing the data segments in the set-top box circuits and acquiring user data for incorporation into the subsequent multiplexed signal.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
H04B 10/10 (2006.01); H04B 10/112 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2006.01); H04N 7/22 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP)
H04B 10/1125 (2013.01); H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04N 7/17309 (2013.01); H04N 7/22 (2013.01)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
DOCDB simple family (publication)
WO 9853610 A1 19981126; AU 3210197 A 19981211; EP 1004202 A1 20000531; EP 1004202 A4 20000531
DOCDB simple family (application)
US 9708694 W 19970522; AU 3210197 A 19970522; EP 97927707 A 19970522