Comprehensive System Design to Address the Needs for Virtual Segmentation of the Coaxial Cable Plant

A non-transitory computer-readable memory medium comprising program instructions that are executable by a multi-parallel processor system to cause a virtual repeater station, located between an endpoint device and a cable headend, to:

• designate a plurality of channels within a range of frequencies, wherein each of the plurality of channels comprises a separate respective sub-band of frequency within the range of frequencies;
• designate a first subset of the plurality of channels as upstream channels and a second subset of the plurality of channels as downstream channels for communication with the endpoint device, wherein the upstream channels and the downstream channels are operated by different processors of the multi-parallel processor system;
• and
• perform communications between a network controller and the endpoint device through a coaxial cable by utilizing the plurality of channels.

A virtual repeater station, comprising:

• a plurality of non-transitory computer-readable memory media;
• a plurality of processors of a multi-parallel processor system and interspersed with the plurality of non-transitory computer-readable memory media, wherein the virtual repeater station is located between an endpoint device and a cable headend, wherein the virtual repeater station is configured to:
• designate a plurality of channels within a range of frequencies, wherein each of the plurality of channels comprises a separate respective sub-band of frequency within the range of frequencies;
• designate a first subset of the plurality of channels as upstream channels and a second subset of the plurality of channels as downstream channels for communication with the endpoint device, wherein the upstream channels and the downstream channels are operated by different processors of the plurality of processors of the multi-parallel processor system;
• and
• perform communications between a network controller and the endpoint device through a coaxial cable by utilizing the plurality of channels.