Patent ID: 6746161
Filing Date: 2004-06-08
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
An electrical distribution board that stores ends of a signal cable connected to a communication network and an electrical power cable connected to electrical distribution cables, the electrical distribution board comprising:in-building electrical distribution breakers inserted between the electrical power cable and an in-building distribution cables; a gateway that interfaces the communication network with an in-building network; and a plurality of optical repeaters, coupled to the gateway, each of said optical repeaters having a bi-directional conversion function between an electrical signal and an optical signal that communicate between a first electrical signal input/output terminal and an optical signal input/output terminal, and wherein at least one of said optical repeaters have a second electrical signal input/output terminal connected to a third electrical signal input/output terminal of another of said optical repeaters for in-building network connection of the gateway, wherein the optical signal input/output terminal is coupled to an optical fiber cable of the in-building network.