Patent ID: 7594249

Claim:
A signal distribution network comprising: a filter located at the point of entry of a building tuned to reject network signals originating in the building, such that the network signals originating in the building do not pass through the filter, but rather are reflected back into the building; at least one signal splitter, the signal splitter having a common port and a plurality of tap ports, the common port of the signal splitter being coupled to the filter; and a plurality of terminal devices, each terminal device being coupled to a tap port of at least one signal splitter, at least one of the terminal devices providing frequency bins with more transmit bits which occupy parts of the channel where the signal to noise ratio (SNR) is high; wherein the reflections from the filter provide a path for terminal devices back through the tap port of the signal splitter and out each other tap port to transmit signals to other terminal devices thus allowing terminal devices to communicate directly with each other to form the signal distribution network.