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US 12,593,324 B2Granted
Methods and apparatus for coordinating data transmission in a communications network
AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorVolkan Sevindik
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Abstract
The presentation invention relates to methods and apparatus for coordinating the transmission of data in a communications network. An exemplary method in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: transmitting data from a cable modem termination system to a wireless base station receiving, at a cable modem termination system (CMTS), wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information; and determining, at the CMTS, a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information.
Claims20
A communications method comprising:
- receiving, at a cable modem termination system (CMTS), wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information;
- determining, at the CMTS, a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information, said wireless base station MIMO information including wireless base station antenna information, said wireless base station antenna information indicating a number of antennas at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems;
- and
- wherein said determining at the CMTS a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information includes:
- determining that cable modems connected to wireless base stations with a higher number of antennas are assigned more time slots in the data transmission schedule than cable modems connected to wireless base stations with a lesser number of antennas.
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A communications method comprising:
- receiving, at a cable modem termination system (CMTS), wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information;
- and
- determining, at the CMTS, a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information, said wireless base station MIMO information including wireless base station beam information, said wireless base station beam information indicating a number of beams formed at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems during a period of time;
- and
- wherein said determining at the CMTS a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information includes:
- determining the data transmission schedule based on the number of beams formed during the period of time at each of the individual wireless base stations connected to one of the plurality of cable modems.
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A communications method comprising:
- receiving, at a cable modem termination system (CMTS), wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information, said wireless base station MIMO information including wireless base station antenna information, said wireless base station antenna information indicating a number of antennas at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems;
- determining, by the CMTS, a data transmission latency between the CMTS and each of the individual wireless base stations connected to one of the plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS;
- and
- determining, at the CMTS, a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information.
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A communications system comprising:
- a cable modem termination system (CMTS), said CMTS including:
- a memory;
- and
- a first processor that controls the CMTS to perform the following operations:
- receiving wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information;
- and
- determining a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information, said wireless base station MIMO information including wireless base station antenna information, said wireless base station antenna information indicating a number of antennas at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems;
- and
- wherein said determining at the CMTS a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information includes:
- determining that cable modems connected to wireless base stations with a higher number of antennas are assigned more time slots in the data transmission schedule than cable modems connected to wireless base stations with a lesser number of antennas.
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A communications system comprising:
- a cable modem termination system (CMTS), said CMTS including:
- memory;
- and
- a first processor that controls the CMTS to perform the following operations:
- receiving wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information;
- and
- determining a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information;
- wherein the wireless base station MIMO information includes:
- wireless base station beam information, said wireless base station beam information indicating a number of beams formed at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems during a period of time;
- and
- wherein said determining a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information includes:
- determining the data transmission schedule based on the number of beams formed during the period of time at each of the individual wireless base stations connected to one of the plurality of cable modems.
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A non-transitory computer readable medium including a first set of computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor of a cable modem termination system (CMTS) cause the CMTS to perform the steps of:
- receiving, at the CMTS, wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information;
- determining, at the CMTS, a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information, said wireless base station MIMO information including wireless base station antenna information, said wireless base station antenna information indicating a number of antennas at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems;
- and
- wherein said determining at the CMTS a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information includes:
- determining that cable modems connected to wireless base stations with a higher number of antennas are assigned more time slots in the data transmission schedule than cable modems connected to wireless base stations with a lesser number of antennas.
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A communications system comprising:
- a cable modem termination system (CMTS), said CMTS including:
- a memory;
- and
- a first processor that controls the CMTS to perform the following operations:
- receiving wireless base station multiple input multiple output (MIMO) information, said wireless base station MIMO information including wireless base station antenna information, said wireless base station antenna information indicating a number of antennas at each individual wireless base station connected to one of the plurality of cable modems;
- determining a data transmission latency between the CMTS and each of the individual wireless base stations connected to one of the plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS;
- and
- determining a data transmission schedule for transmitting data to a plurality of cable modems connected to the CMTS based on the received wireless base station MIMO information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.