OPTICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE FOR SIMULTANEOUS TRANSPORT OF ANALOG VIDEO SIGNALS AND ETHERNET DATA

摘要

Methods and apparatus are described for simultaneous transport of analog video signals and Ethernet data on an optical fiber (7, 22). A method includes propagating a downstream signal on an optical signal conductor (7, 22) from an upstream combiner (3, 26, 106) to a downstream combiner (8, 21, 109); and propagating an upstream signal on the optical signal conductor from the downstream combiner to the upstream combiner.