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Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2009
Applicant:

David H. Jackson, Manlius, NY (US);

Inventor:

David H. Jackson, Manlius, NY (US);

Assignee:

PPC Broadband, Inc., East Syracuse, NY (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/16 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6168 (2013.01); H04N 21/44245 (2013.01);
Abstract

An upstream bandwidth conditioning device that can be inserted into a signal transmission line of a CATV system in or proximate to a premise of a user includes a main signal path divided into a forward path and a return path, the return path being divided into supplier side portion and a user side portion. The device further includes a supplier side termination device selectively connected to the supplier side portion by a supplier side termination switch, and a user side termination device selectively connected to the user side portion by a user side termination switch. A signal amplifier is selectively connected to the supplier side portion and the user side portion by at least one amplifier switch, and a switch controller is configured to actuate each of the supplier side termination switch, the user side termination switch, and the amplifier switch from a first position to a second position.


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