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Methods and systems for allocating resources in a network with optical and coaxial components

US8997165B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Andrea Garavaglia · Nuremberg, DE
Juan Montojo · San Diego, US
Christian Pietsch · Nuremberg, DE
Stephen Jay Shellhammer · Lake Grove, US
Nicola Varanese · Nuremberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 10, 2012
Grant date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 30, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04Q2011/0079
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A media converter is to be coupled to an optical line terminal via an optical link and to a plurality of coax network units via coax links in a cable plant. The media converter includes an optical physical-layer device to receive and transmit optical signals via the optical link and a coax physical-layer device to receive and transmit electrical signals via the coax links. The media converter also includes an implementation of an optical-coax convergence layer to schedule transmissions of electrical signals from the plurality of coax network units by allocating coax resources among the plurality of coax network units in accordance with resource allocation for the optical link.

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