A customer premises network includes a plurality of terminal adapters, which are interconnected by a double daisy chained bus, preferably an optical fiber bus. One bus is used in each data transmission, i.e., one bus for downstream transmission of data and the other bus for upstream transmission of data....http://www.google.ca/patents/US6697874?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6697874 - Method for controlling the access, such as medis access protocol, of a plurality of terminal adapters
