Patent ID: 8428465
Filing Date: 2013-04-23
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, with a node of an optical network, a first upstream communication originating from a subscriber device coupled to the node, wherein the first upstream communication comprises an upstream radio frequency (RF) communication, and wherein the optical network comprises a radio frequency over glass (RFOG) network; responsive to receiving the first upstream communication, combining, with the node, the first upstream communication received from the subscriber device with a second upstream communication originating from the node to generate a combined upstream communication for an optical line terminal (OLT) positioned between the node and a headend system, wherein the combined upstream communication is separable at the OLT such that the headend system cannot detect that the first upstream communication has been combined with the second upstream communication; transparently converting, with the node, the combined upstream communication to an upstream optical signal; and transmitting, with the node, during a timeslot assigned to the subscriber device to communicate the first upstream communication to the headend system, the upstream optical signal via a fiber optical cable included within the RFOG network to the OLT for separation of the second upstream communication from the combined upstream communication.