Patent ID: 6807374
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H04B,H04W

Abstract:
An optical transmission system for connecting a mobile communication unit to a network, said optical transmission system comprising:a converting station operable to perform conversion between a radio frequency electrical signal and an optical signal and adapted to be connected to the network through an electrical signal transmission cable, wherein the converting station has a radio modem adapted to be connected to the network through the electrical signal transmission cable and operable to perform modulation/demodulation between a network-frequency electrical signal and a radio frequency electrical signal and a central station operable to perform conversion between the radio frequency electrical signal processed by the radio modem and an optical signal to be transmitted through an optical fiber cable; a relay-transmitting station operable to distribute and couple optical signals the relay-transmitting station being connected to the converting station through upward and downward optical fiber cables, and the relay-transmitting station having a plurality of optical-electrical converters; a plurality of terminal stations operable to perform radio communication with the mobile communication unit and conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal the terminal stations being connected to the optical-electrical converters, respectively, of the relay-transmitting station through upward and downward optical fiber cables; at least one additional radio modem, wherein the radio modem and the at least one additional radio modem are a plurality of radio modems, the plurality of radio modems each being used in accordance with a communication mode; a distributor; and a coupler operable to couple a plurality of radio frequency electrical signals modulated by the plurality of radio modems and output a coupled signal to the central station and the distributor, the distributor being operable to distribute a radio frequency electrical signal converted in the central station to a corresponding one of the radio modems in accordance with a communication mode.