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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2004
Applicants:
Massimo Manna, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Ekaterina A. Golovchenko, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Mark Enright, Hampton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Massimo Manna, Eatontown, NJ (US);
Ekaterina A. Golovchenko, Colts Neck, NJ (US);
Mark Enright, Hampton, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Tyco Telecommunications (US) Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communication system including a repeatered trunk path and one or more unrepeatered branch segments coupled to the trunk path through associated submarine branching units. Each of the branch segments may be configured to carry at least the same channel capacity as the trunk path and may have a length greater than the average repeater spacing in the trunk path.