| 摘要 |
<p>The invention is a photonic home area network for interfacing an external communication data network with a plurality of buildings, residential or commercial, in a neighborhood. The external communication network has a plurality of user data bandwidth segments with at least television programming data, audio programming data and telephony service data provided to the network. The photonic home area network has a photonic multiaccess channel, a head-end communication circuit, a plurality of set-top box circuits (24), and an executable programm for demultiplexing and distributing the data segments in the set-top box circuits and acquiring user data for incorporation into the subsequent multiplexed signal.</p> |
