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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 09, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359152 ; 359113 ; 359114 ;
Abstract
In an optical telecommunication system having a direct-access optical transmission medium, a plurality of send/receive terminals may communicate with each other on different optical carriers. In order to make it possible for a terminal which is already in communication with a second terminal to also transmit to or receive a message from a third terminal, each terminal includes modulation and demodulation circuits for modulating/demodulating particular message signals on particular subcarriers. Signals received from different terminals can thereby be distinguished from each other on the basis of their respective subcarriers.