Communications network

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10637601
APP PUB NO 20170324503A1
SERIAL NO

15525864

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A fixed communication network is disclosed in which a plurality of transmitters feed signals via tributary transmission lines of different lengths onto a shared network component. A timing reference signal is distributed to the transmitters. The shared network component in some embodiments takes the form of a transmission line. In order to enable the sharing of the capacity of the shared network component, each of the plurality of transmitters codes data for transmission in accordance with a code division multiple access scheme. The efficiency of usage of the shared network component is improved by synchronizing the arrival of the encoded bits at the shared network component. This is achieved by populating a store within each transmitter with a pre-set timing offset, and timing the transmission of data in accordance with the timing reference signal received by the transmitters and the pre-set timing offset.

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BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY1 BRAHAM STREET LONDON E1 8EE

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Zoualfaghari, Mohammad London, GB 10 49

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