Apparatus and methods for enhanced tuner efficiency, wherein tuner resources function to
permit multiple content streams to be demultiplexed and thus made available for subsequent …

Abstract Subscribers to Internet Protocol TV services usually complain about one key
characteristic—the additional delay digital video introduces when subscribers change …

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Apparatus and methods for providing content to devices in a content distribution network. In
one embodiment, a hybrid fiber/coax network provides optical signals to an amplification …

Disclosed is a wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network (WDM-PON) that
integrates broadcast and communication data, and transmit using WDM. An optical line …

A system and method establishes a secure communication channel over an optical network.
More specifically, the system and method can generally include securing a communications …

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BACKGROUND A cable network typically includes at least one headend system that
services a plurality of subscriber devices. Gener ally, the headend system is stored within a …

BACKGROUND A cable television (CATV) system may provide media content, such as
video, data, Voice, or high-speed Internet services, for example, to subscribers. The cable …

The present invention is generally drawn to optical network architecture that can include a
multi-subscriber optical interface that can service a plurality of subscribers that are located in …