Multiplex communications – Communication techniques for information carried in plural... – Adaptive
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Chin, Wellington (Department: 2664)
Multiplex communications
Communication techniques for information carried in plural...
Adaptive
C370S461000, C370S447000, C370S485000, C370S486000, C709S220000, C709S222000, C709S226000, C709S224000, C725S111000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06917628
ABSTRACT:
A method of incorporating allocations of network access in a DOCSIS 1.0 compliant cable network, wherein users compete for bandwidth, includes limiting bandwidth consumed by a cable modem of a user to a value representative of that user's bandwidth allocation for a time interval. Preferably, the method includes the steps of: (a) generating cable modem configuration files, each of which limits bandwidth consumption by a cable modem of a user to a bandwidth allowance of that user equaling to the respective bandwidth allocation; (b) sending the configuration files to a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) Server of the DOC Network; and (c) sending a command either to each user's cable modem, or to a cable modem termination system to which each user's cable modem is connected, to cause the cable modem to implement the respective new configuration file.
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Harrell, Jr. James E.
Kolesnikov Oleg M.
McKinnin, III Martin W.
Sotack Timothy Sean
Subramanian Mani M.
Chin Wellington
Ho Chuong
Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
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