Patent ID: 9667313
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04M

Claim:
1. A system comprising: telephone lines that cover a distance from a first location to separate points at second locations, wherein the telephone lines are bundled together in a same telephone cable for at least a portion of the distance; electronic equipment located at the first location, the electronic equipment comprising a first transceiver device for each of the telephone lines, wherein each first transceiver device at the first location is configured to coordinate transmissions over a respective telephone line coupled with the first transceiver device; and second transceiver devices coupled respectively with the telephone lines at the second locations, such that each second transceiver device is respectively paired with a first transceiver device at the first location; wherein each pair of first and second transceiver devices is configured to communicate over the respective telephone line connecting the pair using a Medium Access Control (MAC) cycle that is split into predefined slots in time for (i) downstream communication from the first transceiver device to the second transceiver device and (ii) upstream communication from the second transceiver device to the first transceiver device; and wherein the first transceiver devices are synchronized with each other to align the MAC cycle and the predefined time slots across the telephone lines.