Patent ID: 8064369

Claim:
A system for distributing digital subscriber line (XDSL) signals to end users over a telephone wiring plant comprising: a central office for receiving video signals from a video source, the central office including a first XDSL transmission unit for transmitting the received video signals on a twisted pair copper cable along with other telephony and digital data signals, and receiving data signals from end users; at least one end user location having a second XDSL transmission unit for receiving video signals from the twisted pair copper cable and transmitting data signals to the central office; and a regenerator connected to the twisted pair copper cable and located a predetermined distance from the central office, the regenerator comprising: a receiver for receiving XDSL signals transmitted on the twisted pair copper cable from either the central office or the end user; a decoder for decoding the payload of a received XDSL signal into base data; an encoder for repackaging and encoding the base data into a desired protocol format; and a line driver for retransmitting the encoded signal onto the twisted pair copper cable for distribution to an original destination, wherein the predetermined distance for the location of the regenerator corresponds to a point on the twisted pair cable where the signal-to-noise ratio of a transmitted XDSL signal reaches a threshold of minimum acceptable signal quality.