System and method for communicating optical signals between a data service provider and subscribers

JO Farmer, JJ Kenny, PW Quinn, TA Tighe… - US Patent …, 2005 - Google Patents
An optical fiber network can include an outdoor laser transceiver node that can be
positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor laser …

System and method for communicating optical signals upstream and downstream between a data service provider and subscribers

JO Farmer, PF Whittlesey, PW Quinn, JJ Kenny… - US Patent …, 2009 - Google Patents
An optical fiber network can include an outdoor bandwidth transforming node that can be
positioned in close proximity to the subscribers of an optical fiber network. The outdoor …

Optical network system and method for supporting upstream signals propagated according to a cable modem protocol

JO Farmer, SA Thomas, P Quinn - US Patent 7,583,897, 2009 - Google Patents
A modification to a cable modem termination system (CMTS) can include instructing the
CMTS to ignore or skip steps of its timing algorithm so that upstream cable modem signals …

Fault forwarding in an optical network

A Bhate, D Houle - US Patent 7,113,699, 2006 - Google Patents
A system and method for forwarding fault information in an optical network is disclosed.
Responsive to a fault being detected at a node, the fault information is forwarded to the …

System and method for increasing upstream communication efficiency in an optical network

JJ Kenny - US Patent 7,039,329, 2006 - Google Patents
An optical transmitter of a subscriber optical interface and an optical receiver of a laser
transceiver node can be designed to a frequency of data that is formatted according to a …

Optical transceiver including optical fiber coupling assembly to increase usable channel wavelengths

IL Ho, J Zheng, C Wang - US Patent 8,805,191, 2014 - Google Patents
An optical transceiver may include an optical fiber coupling assembly for coupling optical
fibers to transmitter and receiver sub-assemblies to increase the number of usable channel …

Digital return path for hybrid fiber/coax network

JE Donohue - US Patent 6,967,966, 2005 - Google Patents
An optical distribution node for an hybrid fiber/coax network is provided. The optical
distribution node includes a laser transmitter coupleable to a fiber optic link that transmits …

Minimizing distortion due to wavelength dependent loss in WDM optical networks

HA Blauvelt - US Patent 8,660,437, 2014 - Google Patents
A fiber optic network reduces distortion present in modulated optical signals received at an
optical receiver from an optical transmitter via a fiber optic link. The optical receiver analyzes …

Smart single fiber optic transceiver

M Bartur - US Patent App. 10/304,393, 2003 - Google Patents
A fiber optic transceiver adapted for use in an optical fiber data transmission system is
capable of detecting fiber connection problems and providing visual or other indications of a …

Digital node for hybrid fiber/coax network

JE Donohue, A Gurusami, CV Greene - US Patent 7,031,335, 2006 - Google Patents
An optical distribution node is provided. The optical distribution node includes a laser
transceiver that is coupleable to at least one fiber optic link. The optical distribution node …