Patent ID: 6868255

Claim:
A method of transmitting signals called return signals from a signals distribution network comprising an antenna system that is capable of transmitting return signals to a satellite in a first frequency band based on signals received from the network in a second frequency band which lies in the upper part of the television frequency band used in the network, in which method signals comprising, data for the frequency management of the return signals are received in a channel called downstream channel intended to serve a plurality of user receivers, wherein the return signals are transmitted through the network from a user receiver with a frequency lying below the television frequency band used in the network, these return signals are subjected to a frequency translation on the output of the network to the antenna system, so that they are delivered to the antenna system with a frequency lying in the second frequency band, and the frequency management data received in the downstream channel are used during said frequency translation to select the frequency to be produced in the second frequency band, wherein the management data of the return frequencies, which are received in the downstream channel, are processed in the user receiver after which orders resulting therefrom are supplied to the network and the signals representing said orders are coded in the form known as I 2 C.