Patent ID: 8370886
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A device for use with a headend, a household and an amplifier in a feeder line of a cable system which provides communication with a plurality of households, the headend being operable to provide signals within a first frequency band f 1 , in a downstream direction toward the amplifier, the household being operable to provide signals within a second frequency band f 2 and to provide signals within a third frequency band f 3 , where second frequency band f 2 has no overlapping frequencies with first frequency band f 1 , where second frequency band f 2 has no overlapping frequencies with third frequency band f 3 , said device comprising: a splitter arranged to receive the signals within the first frequency band f a diplexer operable to pass the second signal portion within the first frequency band f the combiner receiving the first signal portion within the first frequency band f