Method and system which apply heuristics to identify signals accessible to subscribers in hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) interactive networks

A method for identifying which signals provided by a head-end are accessible to a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a subscriber in a hybrid fiber coaxial network, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a heuristics engine, a partial list of signals accessible to the CPE;
• and
• applying one or more heuristic rules on the partial list of accessible signals in order to generate a complete list of signals accessible to the CPE;
• wherein obtaining, by a heuristics engine, a partial list of accessible signals comprises:
• obtaining a previously created complete list of signals accessible to the CPE in order to generate the partial list of accessible signals.

A method for identifying which signals provided by a head-end are accessible to a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a subscriber in a hybrid fiber coaxial network, the method comprising:

• obtaining, by a heuristics engine, a partial list of signals accessible to the CPE;
• applying, by a heuristic engine, one or more heuristic rules on the partial list of accessible signals in order to generate a complete list of signals accessible to the CPE;
• identifying other CPE of the subscriber;
• and
• associating the complete list of signals accessible to the CPE with the other CPE in order to generate a super-set listing of the signals accessible to each CPE.

A system for identifying which subset of signals provided by a head-end are accessible to a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a subscriber in a hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) network, wherein the subscriber has other CPE in the HFC network, the system comprising:

• a heuristics engine operable to obtain a partial list of signals accessible to the CPE, and operable to apply one or more heuristic rules on the partial list of signals accessible to the CPE in order to generate a complete list of signals accessible to the CPE;
• and
• a CPE database which stores information regarding association of the other CPE with the CPE of the subscriber;
• wherein the heuristics engine is operable with the CPE database to identify the other CPE of the subscriber and then associate the complete list of signals accessible to the CPE with the other CPE in order to generate a super-set listing of the signals accessible to each CPE.