公开(公告)号：US20070002752A1

公开(公告)日：2007-01-04

申请号：US11171066

申请日：2005-06-30

申请人： Brian Thibeault ,  Eugene Tucciarone

发明人： Brian Thibeault ,  Eugene Tucciarone

IPC分类号： H04B7/216 ,  G01R31/08 ,  G08C15/00 ,  H04L12/26 ,  G06F11/00 ,  H04J3/14 ,  H04J1/16 ,  H04L1/00

CPC分类号： H04L1/24 ,  H04L1/22 ,  H04L41/0803

摘要： A spare receiver in a CMTS is used to determine the connectivity status of the receivers of the CMTS in the network. Load balancing and Spectrum Groups may also be determined according to the connectivity status of the receivers. The spare receiver is configured to have the communication protocols of a first selected receiver of the CMTS and is switched to be connected to the signal lines of another receiver of the CMTS. A transmitter sends a request for a response to a modem registered with the first receiver. If the spare receiver, which is configured to have the same communication protocols as the first receiver of the CMTS, receives the response from the modem, the other receiver under test is determined to be physically wired with the first receiver. The other receiver is also determined to be in the same Load Balancing Group and the same Spectrum Group as the first receiver of the CMTS. The selected first receiver is analyzed against all of the other receivers in the CMTS by selectively switching the spare receiver to be connected to other receivers. Each receiver on the CMTS is analyzed in the same manner as the selected first receiver.

摘要翻译： CMTS中的备用接收机用于确定网络中CMTS接收机的连接状态。 还可以根据接收机的连接状态来确定负载均衡和频谱组。 备用接收机被配置为具有CMTS的第一选定接收机的通信协议，并且被切换为连接到CMTS的另一接收机的信号线。 发射机向向第一接收机注册的调制解调器发送响应请求。 如果配置为具有与CMTS的第一接收机相同的通信协议的备用接收机从调制解调器接收到响应，则确定被测试的另一接收机与第一接收机物理连接。 另一个接收机也被确定为与CMTS的第一个接收器在同一个负载平衡组和相同的频谱组。 通过选择性地切换待连接到其他接收机的备用接收机来分析所选择的第一接收机与CMTS中的所有其他接收机。 以与所选择的第一接收机相同的方式分析CMTS上的每个接收机。