Abstract: An aerial cable support system includes a first cable holder with a first tubular member and a second tubular member attached thereto. First and second elongated links are attached within first and second opposed openings of the first tubular member. A messenger wire is inserted through a sidewall of the second tubular member. At least one cable is either inserted through the sidewall of the second tubular member or through a sidewall of a third tubular member attached to the first and/or second tubular members. By attaching a series of cable holders together using a series of elongated links, a virtual conduit system is created to push cable(s) along a messenger wire between two poles and to support the cables from the messenger wire.

Abstract: An aerial cable support system includes a first cable holder with a first tubular member and a second tubular member attached thereto. First and second elongated links are attached within first and second opposed openings of the first tubular member. A messenger wire is inserted through a sidewall of the second tubular member. At least one cable is either inserted through the sidewall of the second tubular member or through a sidewall of a third tubular member attached to the first and/or second tubular members. By attaching a series of cable holders together using a series of elongated links, a virtual conduit system is created to push cable(s) along a messenger wire between two poles and to support the cables from the messenger wire.

Abstract: A small cell base station includes a remote radio head that is configured for mounting on an aerial strand, a phased array antenna and a mechanical linkage. The phased array antenna is hung below the remote radio head via the mechanical linkage, and the mechanical linkage is configured to allow the phased array antenna to move relative to the remote radio head.

Abstract: Common mode noise can exist on an outer conductor of a female F-type port of a RF-device, like a cable modem box or cable TV set-top box. The present invention utilizes a jumper wire attached to an electrically conductive connector, having a shape and size to fit around a base of the F-type female coaxial port. The jumper wire carries the common mode noise away from the outer conductor of the port. In a first embodiment, the jumper wire is connected to a ground line of a household outlet. In a second embodiment, the jumper wire dissipates the noise signal by interacting with one or more ferrites. In a third embodiment, the jumper wire carries the noise signal to a shielding layer of a coaxial cable, which may further carry the noise signal to one or more ferrites or a ground connection.

Abstract: A small cell base station includes a remote radio head that is configured for mounting on an aerial strand, a phased array antenna and a mechanical linkage. The phased array antenna is hung below the remote radio head via the mechanical linkage, and the mechanical linkage is configured to allow the phased array antenna to move relative to the remote radio head.

Abstract: Common mode noise can exist on an outer conductor of a female F-type port of a RF-device, like a cable modem box or cable TV set-top box. The present invention utilizes a jumper wire attached to an electrically conductive connector, having a shape and size to fit around a base of the F-type female coaxial port. The jumper wire carries the common mode noise away from the outer conductor of the port. In a first embodiment, the jumper wire is connected to a ground line of a household outlet. In a second embodiment, the jumper wire dissipates the noise signal by interacting with one or more ferrites. In a third embodiment, the jumper wire carries the noise signal to a shielding layer of a coaxial cable, which may further carry the noise signal to one or more ferrites or a ground connection.

Abstract: Upstream noise suppression circuits include a splitter and a combiner that are connected by first and second communications paths. An information signal removal circuit is provided on the second communications path and is configured to remove an upstream information signal therefrom. A phase shifter is also provided on the second communications path between the upstream information signal removal circuit and the combiner.

Abstract: Upstream noise suppression circuits include a splitter and a combiner that are connected by first and second communications paths. An information signal removal circuit is provided on the second communications path and is configured to remove an upstream information signal therefrom. A phase shifter is also provided on the second communications path between the upstream information signal removal circuit and the combiner.

Abstract: Methods of reducing optical beat interference in a fiber optic network are provided. The optical fiber network may have a plurality of optical network units that communicate with a shared receiver. The optical signals that are transmitted from the optical network units to the receiver may have polarization states that are selected to reduce optical beat interference at the receiver.

Abstract: Upstream noise suppression circuits include a splitter and a combiner that are connected by first and second communications paths. An information signal removal circuit is provided on the second communications path and is configured to remove an upstream information signal therefrom. A phase shifter is also provided on the second communications path between the upstream information signal removal circuit and the combiner.

Abstract: Methods of reducing optical beat interference in a fiber optic network are provided. The optical fiber network may have a plurality of optical network units that communicate with a shared receiver. The optical signals that are transmitted from the optical network units to the receiver may have polarization states that are selected to reduce optical beat interference at the receiver.

Abstract: Methods of reducing optical beat interference are disclosed in which an output of a first temperature control system that establishes an operating temperature of a first laser that is included in a first optical network unit is controlled so that the operating temperature of the first laser varies according to a first continuous function that has a first amplitude and a first frequency and an output of a second temperature control system that establishes an operating temperature of a second laser that is included in a second optical network unit is controlled so that the operating temperature of the second laser varies according to a second continuous function that has a second amplitude and a second frequency, where the first continuous function is different than the second continuous function, the first amplitude is different than the second amplitude, and/or the first frequency is different than the second frequency.

Abstract: Methods of reducing optical beat interference in a fiber optic network are provided. The optical fiber network may have a plurality of optical network units that communicate with a shared receiver. The optical signals that are transmitted from the optical network units to the receiver may have polarization states that are selected to reduce optical beat interference at the receiver.

Abstract: Upstream noise suppression circuits include a splitter and a combiner that are connected by first and second communications paths. An information signal removal circuit is provided on the second communications path and is configured to remove an upstream information signal therefrom. A phase shifter is also provided on the second communications path between the upstream information signal removal circuit and the combiner.

Abstract: A cable for ensuring the authenticity thereof and discouraging the unauthorized counterfeiting of the cable may include a cable core and an opaque outer jacket surrounding the cable core. The jacket may include identifying indicia visible on an inner surface of the opaque outer jacket when opened, but visually obscured from viewing from outside the opaque outer jacket when unopened. The indicia may be integrally molded plastic stripes, for example.

Abstract: Coaxial connectors include a connector body and an inner contact post mounted therein. These connectors further include a compression element that is configured to impart a generally circumferential compressive force to secure one or more elements of a coaxial cable between the connector body and the inner contact post, and an internally threaded rotatable nut that is configured for attachment to the connector body. In some embodiments, the nut has a first set of threads and a second set of threads that is immediately adjacent to the first set of threads, where the threads of the second set of threads are configured to provide increased drag and mechanical resistance as compared to threads of the first set of threads when the rotatable nut is threaded onto a female coaxial cable port. In other embodiments, an internal diameter of the threaded portion of the nut varies along the axial direction. In still other embodiments, a bushing is mounted within the threaded region of the nut.

Abstract: A cable for ensuring the authenticity thereof and discouraging the unauthorized counterfeiting of the cable may include a cable core and an opaque outer jacket surrounding the cable core. The jacket may include identifying indicia visible on an inner surface of the opaque outer jacket when opened, but visually obscured from viewing from outside the opaque outer jacket when unopened. The indicia may be integrally molded plastic stripes, for example.

Abstract: A cable for ensuring the authenticity thereof and discouraging the unauthorized counterfeiting of the cable may include a cable core and an opaque outer jacket surrounding the cable core. The jacket may include identifying indicia visible on an inner surface of the opaque outer jacket when opened, but visually obscured from viewing from outside the opaque outer jacket when unopened. The indicia may be integrally molded plastic stripes, for example.

Abstract: A cable deployment and storage system includes a cable reel mounting device, and a cable reel for carrying a length of cable. The cable reel includes a hub that may be rotatably mounted on the cable reel mounting device during deployment of the length of cable, a pair of inner end flanges carried by respective opposing ends of the hub, and a pair of removable outer end flanges carried by respective inner end flanges to contain the length of cable therebetween during deployment. The outer end flanges may thereafter be removed to reduce a size of the cable reel. The pair of inner end flanges may store any remaining length of cable therebetween after deployment. The cable may include connectors installed at each end during manufacturing.

Abstract: A NID includes a base having a network area and a customer area adjacent thereto. The NID may also include a cable reel carried by the base. An access cover may be provided for the cable reel and the base that may include a network cover door for the network area, and a customer cover door for the customer area. The access cover may have a shape defined by at least a portion of an ellipsoid. The shape of the access cover may be defined by half an ellipsoid with major and minor axes adjacent the base, and the base may have an elliptical shape. The cable reel may be rotatable with the base or rotatable independent thereof.