Patent ID: 11876560
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An intelligent configuration unit for an optical communication system having at least one optical hub in communication with a plurality of end users over an optical communication medium having at least on optical distribution center disposed therebetween, the intelligent configuration unit configured to:
monitor first and second optical signals simultaneously coexisting on a shared pathway of the optical communication medium, wherein the first optical signal comprises a first optical carrier type that is non-homogeneous with respect a second optical carrier type of the second optical signal; and
enable the optical distribution center to combine the first and second optical signals, from at least two different respective end users of the plurality of end users, into a multiplexed heterogeneous signal simultaneously including the first and second non-homogeneous optical carrier types,
wherein each of the at least two end users includes an end user transmitter configured to transmit one of the respective first and second optical signals to the optical distribution center.