Title:
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMBINING DATA BANDWIDTH REQUESTS BY A DATAPROVIDER FOR TRANSMISSION OF DATA OVER AN ASYNCHRONOUS COMMUNICATION MEDIUM
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO2001060767
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A method and system for combining requests for data bandwidth by a data provider for transmission of data over an asynchronous communication medium is provided. A headend receives one or more bandwidths requests from one or more cable modems via upstream communication. A scheduler then combines one or more bandwidths requests from the same cable modem to create a single data burst bandwidth. The headend then grants the data burst bandwidth to the appropriate cable modem via downstream communication.
Inventors:
GUMMALLA AJAY CHANDRA V
SALA DOLORS
SALA DOLORS
Application Number:
PCT/US2001/004820
Publication Date:
January 03, 2002
Filing Date:
February 15, 2001
Export Citation:
Assignee:
BROADCOM CORP (US)
International Classes:
H04L12/24; H04L12/28; H04L12/56; H04L12/64; H04L29/06; H04M7/00; H04N7/173; (IPC1-7): H04L12/56
Foreign References:
| EP0774848A2 | 1997-05-21 | |||
| US5926478A | 1999-07-20 | |||
| US5850400A | 1998-12-15 |
Other References:
LIMB J O ET AL: "AN ACCESS PROTOCOL TO SUPPORT MULTIMEDIA TRAFFIC OVER HYBRID FIBER/COAX SYSTEMS", PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON COMMUNITY NETWORKINGINTEGRATED MULTIMEDIA SERVICES TO THE HOME, XX, XX, 20 June 1995 (1995-06-20), pages 35 - 40, XP000984181
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