INTELLIGENT DEVICE SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTION OF DIGITAL SIGNALS ON A WIDEBAND SIGNAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

摘要

A plurality of intelligent device systems for use with a wideband signal distribution network, and methods for transmitting digital information and receiving digital and non-digital information onto and off of an RF carrier through a wideband signal distribution network, are disclosed. The intelligent device systems provide networks of intelligent devices that modulate and demodulate digital video, IP video/data/voice and digital wireless onto, and off of, a wideband signal distribution system, such as an analog carrier system, using existing EIA/TIA 568 standard wiring infrastructure. The methods modulate and demodulate digital video, IP video/data/voice and digital wireless onto, and off of, a wideband distribution system, such as an analog carrier system, and separate IP portions from non-IP portions.

主权项

1. A customer premises equipment for bonding a plurality of upstream digital channels in a cable system capable of providing at least television content, comprising: an input configured to receive the plurality of upstream digital channels from at least one addressable device; a combiner communicatively coupled to the input and configured to bond the plurality of upstream digital signal channels by binding the plurality of upstream digital channels into a digital stream group; and a modulator configured to modulate the digital stream group onto a sum of at least two RF channels, wherein a RF channel bandwidth of the digital stream group after the modulation by the modulator is less than a RF channel bandwidth of the plurality of upstream channels entering the modulator.