Patent ID: 9736511
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: H04N

Claim:
1. A method for translating signals between a first network operating at a first frequency split between a first upstream frequency band and a first downstream frequency band and a second network operating at a second frequency split between a second upstream frequency band and a second downstream frequency band, the method comprising: receiving, by a computing device situated in between the first network and the second network, encapsulated raw digital data comprising an unmodulated and un-coded digital bitstream, said bitstream for an out of band (OOB) downstream communication channel, the said encapsulated raw digital data carried within the first downstream frequency band from the first network, from said encapsulated raw digital data, said computing device extracting said unmodulated and uncoded digital bitstream, from said unmodulated and un-coded digital bitstream, the computing device situated between the first network and second network creating an RF-modulated and coded version of the OOB downstream communication channel having a frequency within the second downstream frequency band, said creating comprising: sending, by the computing device, the analog OOB downstream signal to user equipment at a frequency in the second downstream frequency band, wherein the frequency in the second downstream frequency band at which the analog OOB downstream signal is sent is within the first upstream frequency band of the first network.