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(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2012/0148231 A1
Farley et al. (43) Pub. Date: Jun. 14, 2012

(54) FIBER OPTIC MULTIPLEX MODEM Publication Classi?cation

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(76) Inventors: Joseph D. Farley, WarW1ck, MA ( 51) Int. Cl.
(Us); Gary W- Vincent H04B 10/08 (2006.01)
Rusiecki,
LunenburgSterling,
MA MABrian
(US);AI US. Cl- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..

Kenneth E. Savage, JR., Fitchburg, (57) ABSTRACT

MA (Us) A ?re alarm network ?ber optic multiplex modem includes
_ plural local interfaces, a ?ber optic interface, a multiplexor, a
(21) Appl' NO" 13/369099 ?ber optic modem, and a demultiplexor. The multiplexor
. _ combines data received at the local interfaces into an outgo
(22) Flled' Feb 8 2012 ing data stream. The ?ber optic modem transmits, at a ?rst
Related U s A lication Data Wavelength, the outgoing data stream to the ?ber optic inter
' ' PP face and receives, at a second Wavelength, an incoming data
(63) Continuation of application No, l2/496,3 5 5, ?led on stream via the ?ber optic interface. The demultiplexor sepa
Jul, 1, 2009, now Pat, No, 8,144,736, which is a oon- rates the incoming data stream into separate data streams, and
tinuation of application No, 10/770,249, ?led on Feb forWards each of the separate data streams to its correspond
2, 2004, noW Pat. No. 7,570,672. ing local interface.

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