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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1999
Forrest M. Farhan, Duluth, GA (US);
Joseph Graham Mobley, Dunwoody, GA (US);
Leo Montreuil, Atlanta, GA (US);
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc., Lawrenceville, GA (US);
Abstract
A cable television system ( ) includes forward and reverse paths. In the reverse path, an optical transmitter ( ), which could be located in an optical node ( ), receives an analog information signal from subscriber equipment ( ) and transmits in accordance therewith a digital optical signal. The optical transmitter ( ) digitizes its incoming signal, compresses the signal, and generates therefrom the digital optical signal. The cable television system ( ) also includes an optical receiver ( ) for receiving the digital optical signal, decompressing information included in digital optical signal, and recovering therefrom an analog signal representative of the analog information signal. The optical receiver ( ) could be included in a hub or headend equipment ( ) of the cable television system ( ).