Patent ID: 7103287
Filing Date: 2006-09-05
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. Apparatus, comprising: a first power tap, for receiving an optical signal having modulated thereon a first data stream, said first data stream having associated with it a first data rate; a second power tap, in communication with said first power tap via an optical medium, for splitting said optical signal having modulated thereon said first data stream into a plurality of reduced power optical signals; a reflective modulator, for remodulating at least one of said reduced power optical signals according to a second data stream and conveying said remodulated reduced power optical signal back to said first power tap via said optical medium, said second data rate being less than said first data rate; said first power tap splitting said remodulated optical signal into a plurality of reduced power remodulated optical signals, each of said reduced power remodulated optical signals being suitable for processing by a receiver to extract therefrom either said first or second data streams.