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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.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 1995

Filed:

Jan. 11, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:

Ephraim Arnon, Ottawa, CA;

Assignee:

Northern Telecom Limited, Montreal, CA;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348-6 ; 348 12 ; 455-51 ;
Abstract

A plurality of ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) terminals are coupled to the coaxial cable of a cable television distribution arrangement. Each ADSL terminal is coupled to a respective ADSL path and a respective customer premises telephone line for coupling of telephone signals. Each ADSL terminal comprises a transmitter for supplying asymmetric signals received via the respective ADSL path to the coaxial cable, and transmitters and receivers for communicating bidirectional data and control signals, communicated via the respective ADSL path, via the coaxial cable, in each case modulated at a frequency which is not used for television signals. Customer premises equipment includes corresponding receivers and transmitters. The arrangement permits the ADSL terminals to be used as a resource shared by a plurality of customer premises.


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