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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2008
Applicant:
Frank H. Levinson, Tiburon, CA (US);
Inventor:
Frank H. Levinson, Tiburon, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 14/00 (2006.01); H04B 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A data communications network includes N nodes, where N is an integer greater than one, and a star coupler coupled to each of the N nodes. Each node includes a transmitter and a receiver. The star coupler is configured to receive, in parallel, data streams transmitted from a plurality of the N nodes, and to passively retransmit, in parallel, each of the received data streams to each node of the N nodes. Each receiver is configured to receive multiple data streams in parallel.