Upstream channel bonding partial service using spectrum management

A computing device, comprising:

• a memory device resident in the computing device;
• and
• a processor disposed in communication with the memory device, the processor configured to:
• receive data packets on an upstream bonding group in full service mode, the upstream bonding group including a set of channels, each channel having a transmission quality;
• detect that a select channel in the set of channels is impaired when the transmission quality of the select channel is below a threshold value;
• transition the receiving of the data packets from full service mode to partial service mode by disabling data grant scheduling on the select channel;
• monitor the select channel using a spectrum management method while the receiving of the data packets is in partial service mode;
• and
• transition the receiving of the data packets from partial service mode to full service mode when a result from the spectrum management method indicates that the select channel can transmit data packets error free.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed on a computing device, perform steps of:

• receiving data packets on an upstream bonding group in full service mode, the upstream bonding group including a set of channels, each channel having a transmission quality;
• detecting that a select channel in the set of channels is impaired when the transmission quality of the select channel is below a threshold value;
• transitioning the receiving of the data packets from full service mode to partial service mode by disabling data grant scheduling on the select channel;
• monitoring the select channel using a spectrum management method while the receiving of the data packets is in partial service mode;
• and
• transitioning the receiving of the data packets from partial service mode to full service mode when a result from the spectrum management method indicates that the select channel can transmit data packets error free.