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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2004
Applicants:
Paul Thomas Bradley, Danville, CA (US);
Nicos Achilleoudis, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Inventors:
Paul Thomas Bradley, Danville, CA (US);
Nicos Achilleoudis, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/173 (2006.01); H04J 3/04 (2006.01); H04J 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for splitting and combining signal in a Cable Modem Terminal Station (CMTS). This system uses a hierarchal approach to connect RF modules to PHY modules. A first splitter and combiner connects each N input in a module to each of N outputs. Each of Nth output is then connected to a Nth second splitter/combiner which in turn connects each input to each output.