This local distribution system for an interactive multimedia televisio
n (IMTV) system builds on a fiber-to-the-curb architecture that delive
rs the IMTV signals to and from the home over telephone wiring and coa
xial cable. The downstream IMTV channel, from the curb to the home, op
erates at a data rate of 51.84 Mbps, and the upstream channel, from th
e home to the curb, operates at a data rate of 1.62 Mbps.