A transmitting and/or receiving system for cable networks.

A half duplex amplifier for a cable network.

A coaxial tap in a hybrid fiber coaxial cable distribution system serves subscribers with an RF signal.

Digital information can be carried on the fiber leg of an access network using binary modulation. Binary modulated data received at an O/E node can then be modulated onto an analog waveform using quadrature amplitude modulation or some other technique for modulating an analog waveform and transmitted over, for example, the coaxial leg of the network. The O/E node may also receive an analog signal, over the coaxial leg, modulated to carry upstream data from subscriber devices. The O/E node may demodulate the upstream signal to recover the upstream data and forward that upstream data over the fiber leg using a binary modulated optical signal.

Digital information can be carried on the fiber leg of an access network using binary modulation. Binary modulated data received at an O/E node can then be modulated onto an analog waveform using quadrature amplitude modulation or some other technique for modulating an analog waveform and transmitted over, for example, the coaxial leg of the network. The O/E node may also receive an analog signal, over the coaxial leg, modulated to carry upstream data from subscriber devices. The O/E node may demodulate the upstream signal to recover the upstream data and forward that upstream data over the fiber leg using a binary modulated optical signal.

A coaxial tap in a hybrid fiber coaxial cable distribution system serves subscribers with an RF signal.

Methods and systems capable of improving the transmission of data along an upstream path of a Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Cable Network, from a transmitter in a node to a receiver in a Cable Modem Termination System.

A broadband digital access (BDA) architecture includes a BDA hub device in a headend/hub and one or more BDA node modules in one or more HFC nodes to enable digital communications between the headend/hub and the HFC node(s) in a CATV/HFC network. The BDA hub device and the BDA node module(s) are connected by one or more downstream optical fibers and one or more upstream optical fibers to enable digital optical communications therebetween. The BDA hub device provides an analog RF interface with equipment in the headend/hub and the BDA node module provides an analog RF interface with subscriber locations via one or more coaxial cables.

Systems and methods for providing dispersion compensation to optical systems. In some embodiments, the disclosed dispersion compensation system may be capable of adjusting the amount of dispersion compensation. The disclosed dispersion compensation system may include a cascade of varactor circuit elements, each with separate bias control, and optionally may include one or more switches to enable or disable selective ones of the cascaded varactor circuit elements.

An optical communication fiber link including a monitoring system connected to an optical fiber transmitting electromagnetic radiation including a communication. The monitoring system includes a detection system detecting a scattering of the electromagnetic radiation from the optical fiber. The monitoring system monitors the scattering for an abnormal change and determines, from the abnormal change, an absence or a presence of a fault in the optical fiber.