Method and system for supporting multiple services with a subscriber optical interface located outside a subscriber's premises

JO Farmer, SA Thomas - US Patent 7,529,485, 2009 - Google Patents
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System and method for communicating optical signals to multiple subscribers having various bandwidth demands connected to the same optical waveguide

PF Whittlesey, EA Vella, JO Farmer - US Patent 7,218,855, 2007 - Google Patents
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 …

Broadband integrated subscriber loop system

H Ohnsorge - US Patent 4,686,667, 1987 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A broadband integrated subscriber loop system is pro vided in accordance
with the teachings of the present invention. A system is provided in which the subscrib ers …

System and method for removing heat from a subscriber optical interface

RL Hodge, JO Farmer - US Patent 7,038,910, 2006 - Google Patents
A system and method removes heat from an enclosure or housing of a subscriber optical
interface. When a subscriber optical interface housing is attached to a structure such that a …

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

JO Farmer, PF Whittlesey, PW Quinn, JJ Kenny… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
(60) Provisional application No. 60/289,112, filed on May subscription basis or on an as-
needed basis. The bandwidth 8, 2001, provisional application No. 60/258,837, filed …

Method and system for processing upstream packets of an optical network

SA Thomas, K Bourg, D Anthony, PW Quinn… - US Patent …, 2006 - Google Patents
A protocol for an optical network can control the time at which subscriber optical interfaces of
an optical network are permitted to transmit data to a transceiver node. The protocol can …

Method and system for processing downstream packets of an optical network

SA Thomas, K Bourg, J Caltagirone, PW Quinn… - US Patent …, 2007 - Google Patents
(57) Unlike the conventional art which polices data at the entry points of a network, a
transceiver node can police or monitor downstream bandwidths for quality of service at exit …

System and method for transmitting data in an optical traffic preemption system

SM Hamer - US Patent 5,172,113, 1992 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method of optically transmitting data from an optical emitter to a detector
mounted along a traffic route is used in an optical traffic preemption system. The method …

Optical transmission system and method using an optical carrier drop/add transceiver

NJ Frigo, PP Iannone, KC Reichmann - US Patent 6,466,342, 2002 - Google Patents
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION AS the traffic level of large users approaches the line rate
for a Single wavelength of light on a network operator's ring, there is an incentive to permit …

System and apparatus for optical fiber interface

LJ Giebel, ML Heston - US Patent 5,926,303, 1999 - Google Patents
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US5926303A - System and apparatus for optical fiber interface - Google Patents System …