High-speed internet access system
AssigneeHybrid Patents Incorporated
InventorsFrederick Enns, Eduardo J. Moura, Jan Maksymilian Gronski, Ramesh Neelmegh, Jong C. Kim
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Abstract
An asymmetric network system manages bandwidth allocation and configuration of remote devices in a broadband network. A modular architecture of the system permits independent scalability of upstream and downstream capacity separately for each of the upstream and downstream physical paths. Allocation of downstream bandwidth to requesting devices is made according to bandwidth utilization by other devices, bandwidth demand by the requesting remote device, class or grade of service by the requesting remote device or bandwidth guaranteed to other remote devices.
Claims7
In an asymmetric communication system for effecting communications between a server and a plurality of remote processor devices over a high-speed downstream channel and a lower speed upstream channel interposed between said server and said remote processor devices, the improvement comprising:
- an independently operating downstream controller for transferring information to said remote processor devices;
- an independently operating upstream controller for receiving information from said remote processor devices;
- a configuration manager utilizing each of said upstream and downstream controllers to assign and, by obtaining feedback from said remote processor devices, to confirm assignment of an IP address to a remote processor device based on a detected identification of said remote processor device when connected to and operating on said asymmetric communication system;
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- wherein said upstream controller includes digital signal processors for analyzing and registering in a memory the quality of upstream transmissions by said remote processor devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.