Patent ID: 6973170
Filing Date: 2005-12-06
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A high-speed data transmission network comprising a controller located at a central office or a remote terminal and in operative communication with a plurality of subscriber premises, said plurality of subscriber premises transmitting a first upstream signal on a first frequency band, said central office or remote terminal broadcasting a downstream signal to each of said plurality of subscriber premises on a second frequency band, which is higher in frequency than said first frequency band, and receiving said first upstream signal; said downstream signal comprising one or more subscriber group signals and a plurality of subscriber specific signals; and said controller providing each of said subscriber premises access to one or more of said one or more subscriber group signals and to a corresponding subscriber specific signal of said plurality of subscriber specific signals; wherein a plurality of said one or more subscriber group signals are each accessible by each subscriber premise in a group of subscriber premises.