Apparatus for configuring communication-related parameters
AssigneeTeleste Oyj
InventorsToni Rumpunen, Perttu Fagerlund, Tommi Ketola, Sami Halen, Pekka Hilke
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Abstract
An apparatus for configuring one or more communication-related parameters in a cable modem system is provided. The apparatus comprises a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, a cable television signal input interface for receiving one or more cable television signals, a spectrum analyser for analysing a spectrum of signals, and a cable modem termination system unit for providing access to a communication network.
Claims13
An apparatus for configuring one or more communication-related parameters in a cable modem system, the apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- a memory coupled to the processor, said memory storing
- a first computer-readable program code that, when executed on the processor, is configured to configure the communication related parameters;
- and
- a second computer-readable program code, when executed on the processor, is configured to send a request to at least one cable modem to measure a signal strength of a signal received by the at least one cable modem, to receive one or more signal strength measurements from the at least one cable modem, and to adjust the one or more communication-related parameters to be used for communication with the at least one cable modem, based at least partially on the one or more signal strength measurements;
- a cable television signal input interface for receiving one or more cable television signals;
- a spectrum analyser for analysing a spectrum of signals;
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- a cable modem termination system unit for providing access to a communication network.
A method for configuring one or more communication-related parameters in a cable modem system, via an apparatus, the method comprising:
- analysing a spectrum of signals from a cable television signal input interface to determine one or more free frequency bands that are unallocated in the spectrum;
- sending a request to at least one cable modem to measure a signal strength of a signal received by the at least one cable modem, to receive one or more signal strength measurements from the at least one cable modem;
- adjusting the one or more communication-related parameters to be used for communication with the at least one cable modem, based at least partially on the one or more signal strength measurements;
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- allocating at least one of the one or more free frequency bands for transmission of at least one cable modem termination system signal between the apparatus and at least one cable modem in the cable modem system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.