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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2018
Time Warner Cable Enterprises Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Kevin A. Noll, Leesburg, VA (US);
David J. Musser, State College, PA (US);
Paul D. Brooks, Weddington, NC (US);
Peter H. Wolff, Bradenton, FL (US);
Time Warner Cable Enterprises LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for asymmetric distribution of mixed content via a network. Current optical fiber-based access network technologies are multiplexed onto the same fiber for delivery via a common Optical Distribution Network (ODN). Various embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to combining (using optical multiplexing and power splitting) two or more optical user-technologies onto a single Passive Optical Network (PON) while maintaining an independent serving group size and operational independence for each of the combined user-technologies. The disclosed methods and apparatus allow the so-called 'outside plant' architecture (i.e., the fiber optic infrastructure from the headend to the customer premises) to be independent of the user-technologies and network architecture that are provided via the outside plant.