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System and method for managing channel usage in a data over cable system

  • US 6,510,162 B1
  • Filed: 05/27/1998
  • Issued: 01/21/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for managing a network comprising:

  • a plurality of network devices connected to the network and arranged as clusters of network devices, wherein each network device of said plurality of network devices is arranged within one of the clusters of network devices, each of said clusters of network devices being addressable by a respective multicast address;

    a plurality of data channels, each said data channel being operable to provide communications to at least one of said plurality of network devices; and

    the plurality of network devices being connected to a server for monitoring the data channel on which each of said plurality of network devices are communicating and for each given cluster of network devices, the server assigning network devices of the given cluster to one of the plurality of data channels using the given cluster'"'"'s multicast address.

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