System and method for providing statistics for flexible billing in a cable environment
    5.
    发明授权
    System and method for providing statistics for flexible billing in a cable environment 失效
    在电缆环境中提供灵活计费的统计数据的系统和方法

    公开(公告)号:US06983327B2

    公开(公告)日:2006-01-03

    申请号:US10625147

    申请日:2003-07-23

    摘要: A system for providing flexible billing in a cable environment can establish billing practices based on tier level of service, quality of service or the amount of network resources consumed. A plurality of tiers or levels of service can be defined by parameters including at least a maximum or peak bit rate or bandwidth for providing services over a shared channel. A plurality of levels or tiers of services are defined by maximum bandwidth or bit rate and a subscriber receives service at that subscribe-to level or at a slower data rate depending on availability of shared bandwidth. Quality of service is maintaining the specified bandwidth, jitter or delay. The amount of network resources consumed may be expressed in terms of the amount of data transmitted or the connect time of a network access device to the network.

    摘要翻译: 用于在有线环境中提供灵活计费的系统可以基于服务层级,服务质量或消耗的网络资源量来建立计费方式。 可以通过包括至少最大或峰值比特率或带宽的参数来定义多个层级或服务级别,以通过共享信道提供服务。 通过最大带宽或比特率来定义多个级别或多个服务级别,并且订户基于共享带宽的可用性以该订阅级别或以较慢的数据速率接收服务。 服务质量是保持指定的带宽,抖动或延迟。 消耗的网络资源量可以用网络接入设备发送的数据量或网络的连接时间来表示。

    Constant bit rate transport in a contention based medium access control
    6.
    发明授权
    Constant bit rate transport in a contention based medium access control 有权
    在基于竞争的媒体访问控制中的恒定比特率传输

    公开(公告)号:US06467091B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-10-15

    申请号:US09294756

    申请日:1999-04-19

    IPC分类号: H04N7173

    摘要: In a two way cable system that includes a controller and a plurality of user terminals, a method of granting rights for upstream data transmission from the user terminals includes processing contention requests to generate contention grants and maintaining a list of connections, each connection having specified therefor a predetermined bit rate. The controller sends a downstream data stream to the user terminals and receives an upstream data stream from the user terminals. The downstream data stream includes a plurality of grant fields, and the upstream data stream includes upstream data slots and upstream control slots. The method further includes scheduling preemptive grants for upstream data slots using selected fields of the plurality of grant fields so as to provide preemptive grants for upstream data transport at a bit rate specified for each connection, sending to the user terminals a data transmission grant in a grant field of the plurality of grant fields for which a preemptive grant is scheduled, and sending to the user terminals a data transmission grant in a grant field of the plurality of grant fields in which a contention grant is pending and no preemptive grant is scheduled.

    摘要翻译: 在包括控制器和多个用户终端的双向电缆系统中,从用户终端授权上游数据传输的权利的方法包括处理争用请求以产生竞争许可并维护连接列表,每个连接已经指定 预定比特率。 控制器向用户终端发送下​​游数据流,并从用户终端接收上行数据流。 下游数据流包括多个授权字段,并且上行数据流包括上游数据时隙和上游控制时隙。 该方法还包括使用多个授权字段中的所选字段来调度针对上游数据时隙的抢先授权,以便以为每个连接指定的比特率为上行数据传输提供抢占许可,向用户终端发送数据传输许可 授予多个授权字段的授权字段,并且向用户终端发送在竞争授权待处理的多个授权字段的授权字段中的数据传输许可,并且没有预先优先授权。

    Providing constant bit rate upstream data transport in a two way cable
system by scheduling preemptive grants for upstream data slots using
selected fields of a plurality of grant fields
    7.
    发明授权
    Providing constant bit rate upstream data transport in a two way cable system by scheduling preemptive grants for upstream data slots using selected fields of a plurality of grant fields 失效
    通过使用多个授权字段的选定字段调度针对上行数据时隙的抢先授权,在双向电缆系统中提供恒定的比特率上行数据传输

    公开(公告)号:US5966163A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-12

    申请号:US732668

    申请日:1996-10-16

    摘要: In a two way cable system that includes a controller and a plurality of user terminals, a method of granting rights for upstream data transmission from the user terminals includes processing contention requests to generate contention grants and maintaining a list of connections, each connection having specified therefor a predetermined bit rate. The controller sends a downstream data stream to the user terminals and receives an upstream data stream from the user terminals. The downstream data stream includes a plurality of grant fields, and the upstream data stream includes upstream data slots and upstream control slots. The method further includes scheduling preemptive grants for upstream data slots using selected fields of the plurality of grant fields so as to provide preemptive grants for upstream data transport at a bit rate specified for each connection, sending to the user terminals a data transmission grant in a grant field of the plurality of grant fields for which a preemptive grant is scheduled, and sending to the user terminals a data transmission grant in a grant field of the plurality of grant fields in which a contention grant is pending and no preemptive grant is scheduled.

    摘要翻译: 在包括控制器和多个用户终端的双向电缆系统中,从用户终端授权上游数据传输的权利的方法包括处理争用请求以产生竞争许可并维护连接列表,每个连接已经指定 预定比特率。 控制器向用户终端发送下​​游数据流,并从用户终端接收上行数据流。 下游数据流包括多个授权字段,并且上行数据流包括上游数据时隙和上游控制时隙。 该方法还包括使用多个授权字段中的所选字段来调度针对上游数据时隙的抢先授权,以便以为每个连接指定的比特率为上行数据传输提供抢占许可,向用户终端发送数据传输许可 授予多个授权字段的授权字段,并且向用户终端发送在竞争授权待处理的多个授权字段的授权字段中的数据传输许可,并且没有预先优先授权。

    Serial storage interface apparatus for coupling a serial storage
mechanism to a data processor input/output bus
    8.
    发明授权
    Serial storage interface apparatus for coupling a serial storage mechanism to a data processor input/output bus 失效
    用于将串行存储机构耦合到数据处理器输入/输出总线的串行存储接口装置

    公开(公告)号:US4344132A

    公开(公告)日:1982-08-10

    申请号:US103782

    申请日:1979-12-14

    IPC分类号: G06F3/06 G06F3/00 G06F5/06

    摘要: Serial storage interface apparatus for coupling a serial storage mechanism, such as a charge coupled storage device or a magnetic bubble storage device, to a data processor input/output (I/O) bus. Speed control circuitry is provided for causing the serial storage mechanism to operate at a higher speed when the data processor is responding more rapidly to data transfer requests from the interface apparatus and at a lower speed when the data processor is responding less rapidly to data transfer requests from the interface apparatus. This speed adjustment feature reduces the amount of data buffering required for interfacing a serial storage mechanism to an asynchronous variable response time I/O bus system.

    摘要翻译: 用于将诸如电荷耦合存储装置或磁性气泡存储装置的串行存储机构耦合到数据处理器输入/输出(I / O)总线的串行存储接口装置。 提供速度控制电路,用于当数据处理器对数据处理器对数据传输请求的响应不太快时,数据处理器对来自接口装置的数据传输请求作出更快的响应并以较低的速度响应时,使串行存储机构以更高的速度运行 从接口装置。 这种速度调节功能减少了将串行存储机制连接到异步可变响应时间I / O总线系统所需的数据缓冲量。