公开(公告)号：US07869456B2

公开(公告)日：2011-01-11

申请号：US11546379

申请日：2006-10-12

申请人： Niki Pantelias ,  Kenneth G. Zaleski, II ,  Gale Shallow ,  Lisa Denney

发明人： Niki Pantelias ,  Kenneth G. Zaleski, II ,  Gale Shallow ,  Lisa Denney

IPC分类号： H04B7/212 ,  H04J3/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/2801 ,  H04L69/12 ,  H04L69/22

摘要： A system and method is presented that uses hardware at a central node to determine if bandwidth being provided to a remote node in accordance with an unsolicited grant service (UGS) flow requires adjustment. In one embodiment, the hardware performs this function by comparing information in two consecutively-received UGS extended headers from the same remote device. If the information in the current and previous UGS extended headers differ, then an indication is provided to software of the central node that the bandwidth being provided to the remote node requires adjustment.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种使用中央节点处的硬件来确定根据非请求授权服务（UGS）流向远程节点提供的带宽是否需要调整的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，硬件通过比较来自同一远程设备的两个连续接收的UGS扩展报头中的信息来执行该功能。 如果当前和以前的UGS扩展报头中的信息不同，则向中央节点的软件提供指示，即向远程节点提供的带宽需要调整。

公开(公告)号：US20080046952A1

公开(公告)日：2008-02-21

申请号：US11892025

申请日：2007-08-17

申请人： Lisa Denney ,  Hooman Moshar ,  John Horton ,  Shane Lansing ,  Sean Nazareth ,  Niki Pantelias

发明人： Lisa Denney ,  Hooman Moshar ,  John Horton ,  Shane Lansing ,  Sean Nazareth ,  Niki Pantelias

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L29/0653 ,  H04L12/2801 ,  H04L47/50 ,  H04L47/52 ,  H04L47/6215 ,  H04L49/9094 ,  H04N7/17309

摘要： A supervisory communications device, such as a headend device within a communications network, monitors and controls communications with a plurality of remote communications devices throughout a widely distributed network. The supervisory device allocates bandwidth on the upstream channels by sending MAP messages over its downstream channel. A highly integrated media access controller integrated circuit (MAC IC) operates within the headend to provide lower level processing on signals exchanged with the remote devices. The enhanced functionality of the MAC IC relieves the processing burden on the headend CPU and increases packet throughput. The enhanced functionality includes header suppression and expansion, DES encryption and decryption, fragment reassembly, concatenation, and DMA operations

摘要翻译： 诸如通信网络内的头端设备的监控通信设备在广泛分布的网络中监视和控制与多个远程通信设备的通信。 监控设备通过在其下行信道上发送MAP消息来在上行信道上分配带宽。 高集成度的媒体访问控制器集成电路（MAC IC）在头端内部进行操作，以便与远程设备交换的信号提供较低级别的处理。 MAC IC的增强功能减轻了头端CPU的处理负担，并增加了数据包吞吐量。 增强的功能包括报头抑制和扩展，DES加密和解密，片段重组，级联和DMA操作

公开(公告)号：US09237030B2

公开(公告)日：2016-01-12

申请号：US13589444

申请日：2012-08-20

申请人： Niki Pantelias ,  Lisa Denney ,  Edward Boyd ,  Andres Alvarez ,  Scott Hollums

发明人： Niki Pantelias ,  Lisa Denney ,  Edward Boyd ,  Andres Alvarez ,  Scott Hollums

IPC分类号： H04L12/28

CPC分类号： H04L12/2801 ,  H04L12/2869 ,  H04L12/2898

摘要： A cable modem that supports stateless requesting and/or limited contention-based requesting is provided herein. In an example, a physical layer (PHY) configured to communicate over a plurality of upstream channels is provided. A bandwidth requester is provided to request bandwidth using contention-based requesting over a first subset of the upstream channels for contention-based flows and request bandwidth using stateless requesting over a second subset of the upstream channels for stateless flows.

摘要翻译： 本文提供支持无状态请求和/或有限争用请求的电缆调制解调器。 在一个示例中，提供了经配置以在多个上行信道上进行通信的物理层（PHY）。 提供带宽请求者以使用基于竞争的请求以上述信道的第一子集为基于竞争的流来请求带宽，并使用无状态请求通过无状态流的上行信道的第二子集来请求带宽。

公开(公告)号：US20110286330A1

公开(公告)日：2011-11-24

申请号：US12951875

申请日：2010-11-22

申请人： Niki Pantelias ,  Kenneth G. Zaleski, II ,  Gale Shallow ,  Lisa Denney

发明人： Niki Pantelias ,  Kenneth G. Zaleski, II ,  Gale Shallow ,  Lisa Denney

IPC分类号： H04W28/10

CPC分类号： H04L12/2801 ,  H04L69/12 ,  H04L69/22

摘要： A system and method is presented that uses hardware at a central node to determine if bandwidth being provided to a remote node in accordance with an unsolicited grant service (UGS) flow requires adjustment. In one embodiment, the hardware performs this function by comparing information in two consecutively-received UGS extended headers from the same remote device. If the information in the current and previous UGS extended headers differ, then an indication is provided to software of the central node that the bandwidth being provided to the remote node requires adjustment.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种使用中央节点处的硬件来确定根据非请求授权服务（UGS）流向远程节点提供的带宽是否需要调整的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，硬件通过比较来自同一远程设备的两个连续接收的UGS扩展报头中的信息来执行该功能。 如果当前和以前的UGS扩展报头中的信息不同，则向中央节点的软件提供指示，即向远程节点提供的带宽需要调整。

公开(公告)号：US20070261087A1

公开(公告)日：2007-11-08

申请号：US11822983

申请日：2007-07-11

申请人： Lisa Denney ,  Gerald Grand ,  Yushan Lu

发明人： Lisa Denney ,  Gerald Grand ,  Yushan Lu

IPC分类号： H04N7/173

CPC分类号： H04L47/10 ,  H04L12/2801 ,  H04L45/245 ,  H04L63/0236 ,  H04L63/10 ,  H04L63/126 ,  H04W72/042

摘要： A media access controller (MAC) configurable for first and second modes of operation is provided. The MAC includes an uplink processor coupled to a plurality of uplink channels, a downlink processor coupled to a downlink, and a MAP parser coupled to the downlink processor. The downlink processor is configured to provide information to the downlink channel, including bandwidth allocation map (“MAP”) messages. Each MAP message is associated with one of the plurality of uplink channels or an uplink channel associated with one or more other MACs. The MAP parser is configured to control the MAC to receive information from a first set of one or more of the plurality of uplink channels in first mode and from a second set of one or more of the plurality of uplink channels in second mode.

摘要翻译： 提供可配置用于第一和第二操作模式的媒体访问控制器（MAC）。 MAC包括耦合到多个上行链路信道的上行链路处理器，耦合到下行链路的下行链路处理器和耦合到下行链路处理器的MAP解析器。 下行链路处理器被配置为向下行链路信道提供信息，包括带宽分配映射（“MAP”）消息。 每个MAP消息与多个上行链路信道中的一个或与一个或多个其他MAC相关联的上行链路信道相关联。 MAP解析器被配置为控制MAC以第一模式从多个上行链路信道中的一个或多个第一集合接收信息，并且以第二模式从多个上行链路信道中的一个或多个的第二集合接收信息。

公开(公告)号：US20070195817A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-23

申请号：US11384409

申请日：2006-03-21

申请人： Lisa Denney ,  Niki Pantelias ,  A. Hollums ,  Victor Hou ,  John Horton ,  David Pullen

发明人： Lisa Denney ,  Niki Pantelias ,  A. Hollums ,  Victor Hou ,  John Horton ,  David Pullen

IPC分类号： H04J3/22

CPC分类号： H04J3/1682 ,  H04L12/2801 ,  H04N21/6168

摘要： A method for increasing upstream bandwidth per cable modem user in a cable communications system that includes a cable modem termination system (CMTS) and a plurality of cable modems is provided. The method permits a cable modem to transmit data to the CMTS on multiple upstream channels simultaneously using a technique called “channel bonding.” Bandwidth allocation is achieved by transmitting from a CMTS to a cable modem a unique bandwidth allocation message for each upstream channel in a bonded group of upstream channels, wherein the combination of unique bandwidth allocation messages collectively allocates requested bandwidth across the bonded group.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种用于在包括电缆调制解调器终端系统（CMTS）和多个电缆调制解调器的有线通信系统中增加每个电缆调制解调器用户的上行带宽的方法。 该方法允许电缆调制解调器使用称为“信道绑定”的技术同时在多个上行信道上向CMTS发送数据。 通过从CMTS向电缆调制解调器发送绑定的上行信道组中的每个上行信道的唯一带宽分配消息来实现带宽分配，其中，唯一带宽分配消息的组合在整个绑定组中共同分配所请求的带宽。

公开(公告)号：US20070140209A1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-21

申请号：US11701509

申请日：2007-02-02

申请人： Anders Hebsgaard ,  David Dworkin ,  Lisa Denney ,  Robert Lee ,  Thomas Quigley

发明人： Anders Hebsgaard ,  David Dworkin ,  Lisa Denney ,  Robert Lee ,  Thomas Quigley

IPC分类号： H04J3/00

CPC分类号： H04L25/03343 ,  H04B1/1036 ,  H04J3/0664 ,  H04J3/067 ,  H04J3/0682 ,  H04L12/2801 ,  H04L2025/03808

摘要： A plurality of base station devices are linked together and synchronized to facilitate communication between the respective base station devices and respective downlink subscriber stations. According to one embodiment of the invention, one of the base station devices is designated as a master device, and the other base station devices are designated as slave devices. The respective base station devices are connected to each other by means of a synchronization bus. The master base station device then generates and broadcasts a future time stamp value, which is received by the respective slave base station devices. When the time stamp counter in the master base station device reaches the transmitted value, a control signal is broadcast over the synchronization bus. The slave base station devices then retrieve the time stamp value and reset their respective local time stamp counters to the received value. In this manner, the base station devices are synchronized.

摘要翻译： 多个基站设备被链接在一起并被同步以便于各个基站设备和相应的下行链路用户站之间的通信。 根据本发明的一个实施例，基站设备之一被指定为主设备，而其它基站设备被指定为从设备。 各个基站装置通过同步总线相互连接。 主基站装置然后生成并广播由各个从基站装置接收的未来时间戳值。 当主基站装置中的时间戳计数器达到发送值时，通过同步总线广播控制信号。 然后，从基站设备检索时间戳值并将其各自的本地时间戳计数器重置为接收的值。 以这种方式，基站装置同步。

公开(公告)号：US20060126505A1

公开(公告)日：2006-06-15

申请号：US11298447

申请日：2005-12-12

申请人： Lisa Denney ,  Niki Pantelias ,  A. Hollums ,  Victor Hou ,  John Horton ,  David Pullen

发明人： Lisa Denney ,  Niki Pantelias ,  A. Hollums ,  Victor Hou ,  John Horton ,  David Pullen

IPC分类号： H04L12/26

CPC分类号： H04L12/2801 ,  H04J3/1694 ,  H04L43/00 ,  H04L45/245 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L47/125 ,  H04L47/35 ,  H04L49/90 ,  H04L49/9094 ,  H04N7/17309 ,  H04N21/6168 ,  Y02D50/30

摘要： A method for increasing upstream bandwidth per cable modem user in a cable communications system that includes a cable modem termination system (CMTS) and a plurality of cable modems is provided. The method permits a cable modem to transmit data to the CMTS on multiple upstream channels simultaneously using a technique called “channel bonding.” Channel bonding allows smaller bandwidth upstream channels to be bonded together to create a larger bandwidth pipe.

公开(公告)号：US20130051443A1

公开(公告)日：2013-02-28

申请号：US13589444

申请日：2012-08-20

申请人： Niki PANTELIAS ,  Lisa DENNEY ,  Edward BOYD ,  Andres ALVAREZ ,  Scott HOLLUMS

发明人： Niki PANTELIAS ,  Lisa DENNEY ,  Edward BOYD ,  Andres ALVAREZ ,  Scott HOLLUMS

IPC分类号： H04L5/16

CPC分类号： H04L12/2801 ,  H04L12/2869 ,  H04L12/2898

摘要： A cable modem that supports stateless requesting and/or limited contention-based requesting is provided herein. In an example, a physical layer (PHY) configured to communicate over a plurality of upstream channels is provided. A bandwidth requester is provided to request bandwidth using contention-based requesting over a first subset of the upstream channels for contention-based flows and request bandwidth using stateless requesting over a second subset of the upstream channels for stateless flows.

摘要翻译： 本文提供支持无状态请求和/或有限争用请求的电缆调制解调器。 在一个示例中，提供了经配置以在多个上行信道上进行通信的物理层（PHY）。 提供带宽请求者以使用基于竞争的请求以上述信道的第一子集为基于竞争的流来请求带宽，并使用无状态请求通过无状态流的上行信道的第二子集来请求带宽。

公开(公告)号：US07843955B2

公开(公告)日：2010-11-30

申请号：US11546393

申请日：2006-10-12

申请人： Niki Pantelias ,  Kenneth G. Zaleski, II ,  Gale Shallow ,  Lisa Denney

发明人： Niki Pantelias ,  Kenneth G. Zaleski, II ,  Gale Shallow ,  Lisa Denney

IPC分类号： H04J3/16 ,  H04B7/212

CPC分类号： H04L12/2801 ,  H04L69/12 ,  H04L69/22

摘要： A system and method is presented that uses hardware at a central node to determine if bandwidth being provided to a remote node in accordance with an unsolicited grant service (UGS) flow requires adjustment. In one embodiment, the hardware performs this function by comparing information in two consecutively-received UGS extended headers from the same remote device. If the information in the current and previous UGS extended headers differ, then an indication is provided to software of the central node that the bandwidth being provided to the remote node requires adjustment.

摘要翻译： 提出了一种使用中央节点处的硬件来确定根据非请求授权服务（UGS）流向远程节点提供的带宽是否需要调整的系统和方法。 在一个实施例中，硬件通过比较来自同一远程设备的两个连续接收的UGS扩展报头中的信息来执行该功能。 如果当前和以前的UGS扩展报头中的信息不同，则向中央节点的软件提供指示，即向远程节点提供的带宽需要调整。