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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1999
John A. Taylor, Vista, CA (US);
Mark D. Wieczorek, San Diego, CA (US);
Khamsin Technologies, LLC, Vista, CA (US);
Abstract
A communications system is provided which includes a regional ring with a plurality of local nodes, each local node including at least one fiber interface device and at least one Local Node interface device for connection to a global electrical and fiber network. The Local Node interface device connects to a user interface device through a cable. The system may include a “super ring” or “super branch” to service an even larger number of subscribers than a regional ring alone. In these embodiments, a global backbone may extend past and be spliced into an switch transfer point, which is in turn connected to a super ring or branch. The super ring or branch is then connected in turn to a number of regional rings or branches.