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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2001
James O. Farmer, Lilburn, GA (US);
Paul F. Whittlesey, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Patrick W. Quinn, Lafayette, CA (US);
John J. Kenny, Norcross, GA (US);
Emmanuel A. Vella, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas A. Tighe, Alpharetta, GA (US);
James O. Farmer, Lilburn, GA (US);
Paul F. Whittlesey, Sugar Hill, GA (US);
Patrick W. Quinn, Lafayette, CA (US);
John J. Kenny, Norcross, GA (US);
Emmanuel A. Vella, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Thomas A. Tighe, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Wave7 Optics, Inc., Alpharetta, GA (US);
Abstract
An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor bandwidth transforming node does not require active cooling and heating devices that control the temperature surrounding the bandwidth transforming node. The bandwidth transforming node can adjust a subscriber's bandwidth on a subscription basis or on an as-needed basis. The bandwidth transforming node can also offer data bandwidth to the subscriber in preassigned increments. Additionally, the bandwidth transforming node lends itself to efficient upgrading that can be performed entirely on the network side. The bandwidth transforming node can also provide high speed symmetrical data transmission. Further, the bandwidth transforming node can increase upstream and downstream bandwidth and transmission speed by propagating data signals at different wavelengths.