System for queuing flows to channels

A system for queuing service flows for a cable system comprising:

• (a) a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network that includes a remote fiber node that converts received data to analog data suitable to be provided on a coaxial cable for said plurality of customer devices, where said head end includes at least one processor;
• (b) said head end queuing a plurality of service flows to a plurality of channels in a priority queue, in a manner independent of either of byte length and maximum byte size;
• (c) said head end dequeuing said service flows queued to said plurality of channels from said priority queue;
• (e) providing said dequeued service flows to at least one of said plurality of customer devices;
• (f) wherein said queuing each of said plurality of service flows is based upon a priority level;
• (f) enqueuing said service flows queued to said priority queue based upon an operating point that is based upon three parameters, a first one of said three parameter comprising a threshold priority, a second one of said three parameter comprising a weighted average percentage of maximum bitrate entitlement being achieved service flows of said threshold priority, and a third one of said three parameter comprising a weighted average percentage of maximum bitrate entitlement being achieved service flows above said threshold priority.