Patent ID: 11949497
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 1:
2. A transceiver for an optical communication network, comprising:
a processor configured to format an input data signal into an outgoing modulated data stream having a sequential series of data bursts, each data burst in the sequential series including (i) a data header portion, and (ii) a payload data portion; and
a transmitting portion configured to transmit the outgoing modulated data stream to the optical communication network for reception by a plurality of remote receiving units in communication with the optical communication network,
wherein the processor is further configured to format each data burst such that the data header portion includes information enabling a remote receiving unit of the plurality of remote receiving units to equalize the data payload portion using the information from the corresponding data header portion, and
wherein the data payload portion includes a data sequence modulated based on the information in the data header portion.