EP 1004202 A4 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 10/112 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); 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)
Citation (search report)
- No further relevant documents disclosed
- See references of WO 9853610A1
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