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AssigneeThomson Licensing
InventorsLarry Cecil Brown, John Alan Gervais
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A bi-directional communication system advantageously automatically senses and reports problems to a central operator network management station and operates with fewer subscriber service interruptions by detecting and correcting such conditions before they result in subscriber service interruption. Specifically, a system adaptively varies upstream transmission power level to prevent communication interruption in a cable modem network. A method for adaptively adjusting communication operation by varying a transmission parameter involves retrieving a communication parameter from memory and comparing the retrieved parameter with a predetermined threshold. A message is transmitted to a CATV head-end at a remote site representing that the parameter value indicates adjustment of the parameter is necessary.
In a modem device for bi-directionally communicating with a remote head-end disposed in a location remote from the modem device, a method for providing warning of impaired communication, comprising the steps of:
In a modem device for bi-directionally communicating with a remote head-end disposed in a location remote from the modem device, a method for providing warning of impaired communication, comprising the steps of:
In a modem device for bi-directionally communicating with a remote head-end disposed in a location remote from the modem device, a method for providing warning of impaired communication, comprising the steps of:
A modem device for providing warning of impaired communication in a system in which said modem device is bi-directionally communicating with a remote head-end disposed in a location remote from the modem device, said modem device comprising:
A modem comprising:
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