US 2023/0156686 A1 · METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR COORDINATING DATA TRANSMISSION IN A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK

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.

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Dependent claims

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.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

17/528,109Filed 16 Nov 2021

Published

18 May 2023

Term ends

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Classification8 codes

H04W 72/12
Local resource management: wireless traffic scheduling
H04B 7/0413
Using two or more spaced independent antennas: mIMO systems
H04L 12/2801
Characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]: broadband local area networks
H04W 72/046
Based on the type of the allocated resource: the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams

Methods and apparatus for coordinating data transmission in a communications network

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Methods and apparatus for coordinating data transmission in a communications network

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Abstract

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