Patent ID: 8315277

Claim:
Modem box comprising: upside communication means for coupling said modem box with at least two central equipments through central signals between said central equipments and said modem box, the central signals communicated between said modem box and at least one of said central equipments being modulated, said upside communication means comprising at least two upside communication points respectively coupled with said central equipments, downside communication means for coupling said modem box with at least two terminal equipments through terminal signals between said terminal equipments and said modem box, said downside communication means comprising at least two downside communication points respectively coupled with said terminal equipments, transfer means for doing internal transfers of signals between said upside communication points and said downside communication points in said modem box, and modem means for doing transformation between said modulated central signals and demodulated signals among said terminal signals, wherein said modem box comprises an outer contact surface arranged in said modem box so as to form a cavity and intended to receive a splitting module inside said modem box so that the joined modem box and splitting module form a compact entity delimited by the borders of the modem box, said splitting module being able to do transformation between said central signals and grouped signals formed with a multiplexing of said central signals, and in that said upside communication means comprise at least one connection element arranged with said outer contact surface and including said upside communication points, said connection element being provided for being in contact with at least one respective connection element of said splitting module.