Receiver having integrated spectral analysis capability
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1. A method of managing traffic in a communications channel comprising the steps of:
- receiving a subscriber ID corresponding to a subscriber;
performing a spectral analysis on a signal received from the subscriber within a time interval corresponding to the subscriber ID; and
adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral analysis.
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Abstract
A method of managing traffic in a communications channel includes the steps of receiving a subscriber ID corresponding to a subscriber, performing a spectral analysis on a signal received from the subscriber within a time interval identified by the subscriber ID, and adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral analysis.
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107 Claims
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1. A method of managing traffic in a communications channel comprising the steps of:
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receiving a subscriber ID corresponding to a subscriber;
performing a spectral analysis on a signal received from the subscriber within a time interval corresponding to the subscriber ID; and
adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral analysis. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of controlling transmission in a communications channel comprising the steps of:
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receiving a subscriber ID identifying a time interval corresponding to a subscriber;
performing a spectral analysis on a signal received during the time interval identified by the subscriber ID; and
adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral analysis. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A shared communications channel receiver comprising:
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a burst receiver;
a spectrum analyzer that analyzes a signal received by the burst receiver; and
a controller interface that receives a command from a media access controller, wherein the spectrum analyzer provides a spectral analysis of the signal received by the burst receiver, the signal corresponding to a subscriber ID provided by the command from the media access controller. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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57. A method of controlling communications traffic across an upstream traffic channel comprising the steps of:
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specifying a spectral analysis time interval corresponding to a subscriber ID;
receiving an upstream transmission within the spectral analysis time interval;
performing a spectral analysis of the received upstream transmission; and
adjusting a transmission characteristic of the upstream traffic channel based on the spectral analysis. - View Dependent Claims (58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A receiver comprising:
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a communications module that receives an upstream transmission from a shared communications medium;
a controller interface that receives a transmission schedule and a spectral analysis command; and
a spectral analysis processor that performs spectral analysis on the upstream transmission in response to the spectral analysis command. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71)
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72. A method of controlling communications traffic across a traffic channel comprising the steps of:
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specifying a time interval corresponding to a subscriber;
receiving an upstream transmission within the time interval; and
performing a spectral analysis of the received upstream transmission. - View Dependent Claims (73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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86. A burst receiver having integrated spectral analysis capability comprising:
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a communications module that receives upstream transmissions over a shared communications medium;
a controller interface that receives a subscriber transmission schedule and a spectral analysis command; and
a spectral analysis processor that performs spectral analysis on the upstream transmissions corresponding to the subscriber transmission schedule in response to the spectral analysis command.
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87. A method of controlling communications traffic across a shared traffic channel comprising the steps of:
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specifying a TDMA time interval;
receiving a transmission within the TDMA time interval;
performing a spectral analysis of the transmission; and
adjusting at least one transmission characteristic of the shared traffic channel based on the spectral analysis. - View Dependent Claims (88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97)
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98. A TDMA receiver comprising:
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a burst receiver that receives a transmission over a shared communications medium;
a controller interface that receives a subscriber ID and a spectral analysis command; and
a spectral analysis processor that performs spectral analysis on the transmission corresponding to the subscriber ID in response to the spectral analysis command.
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99. A TDMA receiver comprising:
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a burst receiver;
an interface module for interfacing to a media access controller and for receiving a subscriber ID corresponding to a subscriber; and
a spectrum analyzer for analyzing signals received by the burst receiver in time intervals allocated to the subscriber ID. - View Dependent Claims (100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107)
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