An apparatus, system and method are described which allows multimedia
signals received from one or more content providers (e.g., cable
television providers, Internet content providers, . . . etc) to be
received, processed and retransmitted by an originating node to one or
more receiving nodes over a local cable network (e.g., the coaxial cable
network within a user's home). One impediment to communication between
nodes within the local cable network is the fact that most cable
splitters are designed to attenuate signals between the split legs of the
splitter. Accordingly, in one embodiment of the invention, a reflector
device coupled upstream of the root splitter in a local cable network (or
in place of the root splitter) is configured to reflect signals
transmitted from the originating node back up into the network to the
receiving nodes. Signal attenuation is minimized because the signals
propagate from the splitter inputs to the splitter legs (rather than
between the splitter legs).