Apparatus, system, and method for providing energy management, profiles, and message blocks in a cable service environment

JT Chapman - US Patent 9,237,084, 2016 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A method is provided in one example and includes creating a plurality of
profiles that describe one or more downstream modulations for each data-Subcarrier in a …

Upstream channel bonding in a cable communications system

LV Denney, NR Pantelias, AS Hollums, VT Hou… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
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 …

Upstream channel bonding using legacy maps in a cable communications system

LV Denney, NR Pantelias, AS Hollums, VT Hou… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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 …

Mapping a network fault

BM Basile, DB Bowler, PR Congdon… - US Patent …, 2014 - Google Patents
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Apparatus and methods for moving cable modems between upstream channels

JS An, H Sun, K Brewer, JJ Downey… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
Disclosed are apparatus and methods for managing upstream channels on a per cable
modem basis. In certain embodiments, one or more thresholds are defined for each of a …

Methods and system for determining a dominant impairment of an impaired communication channel

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Method and apparatus for configuring logical channels in a network

MJ Cooper, JL Moran III - US Patent 8,594,118, 2013 - Google Patents
Provisional application No. 60/785,647, filed on Mar.(24, 2006. Logical channels in a
network are automatically be config ured by using measured network parameters. The …

Estimating a severity level of a network fault

DB Bowler, BM Basile, CV Greene, X He - US Patent 8,868,736, 2014 - Google Patents
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US8868736B2 - Estimating a severity level of a network fault - Google Patents Estimating a …

Apparatus, system, and method for providing energy management, profiles, and message blocks in a cable service environment

JT Chapman - US Patent 9,237,085, 2016 - Google Patents
A method is provided in one example and includes generating one or more message blocks
to be propagated along a narrow-band channel, wherein the message blocks are sub …

Using equalization coefficients of end devices in a cable television network to determine and diagnose impairments in upstream channels

RJ Thompson, MJ Cooper, CS Moore… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
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