Patent ID: 7848303

Claim:
A Multi-carrier Switch Converter (“MCSC”) for multiplexing a plurality of input signals received at the MCSC into a single MCSC output signal, the MCSC comprising: a Multi-port Selector Switch, wherein the Multi-port Selector Switch receives the plurality of input signals and produces a Multi-port Selector Switch output, wherein the Multiport Selector Switch output includes a plurality of switched output signals; a frequency translation block in signal communication with the Multi-port Selector Switch, wherein the frequency translation block receives the Multi-port Selector Switch output and frequency translates each switched output signal of the plurality of switched output signals to a plurality of translated signals, wherein each translated signal has a fixed carrier frequency that is associated with a predetermined one of a plurality of set top boxes (STBs); and a combiner in signal communication with frequency translation block, wherein the combiner receives the plurality of frequency translated signals and combines them to produce the single MCSC signal.