Receiver having integrated spectral analysis capability
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1. A method of managing traffic in a shared communications channel, the shared communications channel being shared by a plurality of subscribers, each of the plurality of subscribers being assigned to a corresponding service identifier (SID) from among a plurality of SIDs, comprising:
- (a) receiving, by a communications receiver, a SID from a media access controller (MAC) corresponding to a subscriber from among the plurality of subscribers;
(b) receiving, by the communications receiver, a plurality of signals from the plurality of subscribers over the shared communications channel;
(c) performing, by the communications receiver, a spectral analysis of one of the plurality of signals corresponding to the SID to provide quality information regarding the shared communications channel, the spectral analysis comprising;
(i) generating a plurality of frequency ranges based upon the one of the plurality of signals, each of the plurality of frequency ranges corresponding to different spectral characteristics,(ii) selecting one of the frequency ranges from among the plurality of frequency ranges to provide a selected frequency range, and(iii) performing the spectral analysis of the selected frequency range to provide spectral measurements arranged in a plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to a respective frequency range; and
(d) adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral measurements.
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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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1. A method of managing traffic in a shared communications channel, the shared communications channel being shared by a plurality of subscribers, each of the plurality of subscribers being assigned to a corresponding service identifier (SID) from among a plurality of SIDs, comprising:
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(a) receiving, by a communications receiver, a SID from a media access controller (MAC) corresponding to a subscriber from among the plurality of subscribers; (b) receiving, by the communications receiver, a plurality of signals from the plurality of subscribers over the shared communications channel; (c) performing, by the communications receiver, a spectral analysis of one of the plurality of signals corresponding to the SID to provide quality information regarding the shared communications channel, the spectral analysis comprising; (i) generating a plurality of frequency ranges based upon the one of the plurality of signals, each of the plurality of frequency ranges corresponding to different spectral characteristics, (ii) selecting one of the frequency ranges from among the plurality of frequency ranges to provide a selected frequency range, and (iii) performing the spectral analysis of the selected frequency range to provide spectral measurements arranged in a plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to a respective frequency range; and (d) adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral measurements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of controlling transmission in a communications channel, the communications channel being shared by a plurality of subscribers, each of the plurality of subscribers being assigned to a corresponding service identifier (SID) from among a plurality of SIDs, comprising:
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(a) receiving, by a communications receiver, a SID identifying a time interval corresponding to a subscriber from among the plurality of subscribers; (b) receiving, by the communications receiver, a plurality of signals from the plurality of subscribers over the communications channel; (c) performing, by the communications receiver, a spectral analysis of one of the plurality of signals received during the time interval identified by the SID to provide quality information regarding the communications channel, the spectral analysis comprising; (i) generating a plurality of frequency ranges from the one of the plurality of signals, each of the plurality of frequency ranges having different spectral characteristics, (ii) selecting one of the frequency ranges from among the plurality of frequency ranges to provide a selected frequency range, and (iii) performing the spectral analysis of the selected frequency range to provide spectral measurements arranged in a plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to a respective frequency range; and (d) adjusting transmission characteristics of the subscriber based on the spectral measurements. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A method of controlling communications traffic across an upstream traffic channel, the upstream traffic channel being shared by a plurality of subscribers, each of the plurality of subscribers being assigned to a corresponding service identifier (SID) from among a plurality of SIDs, comprising:
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(a) specifying, by a communications receiver, a spectral analysis time interval corresponding to a SID from among the plurality of SIDs; (b) receiving, by the communications receiver, a plurality of upstream transmissions from the plurality of subscribers over the upstream traffic channel, wherein one of the plurality of upstream transmissions corresponds to the SID, the one of the plurality of upstream transmissions being within the spectral analysis time interval; (c) performing, by the communications receiver, a spectral analysis of the one of the plurality of upstream transmissions corresponding to the SID to provide quality information regarding the upstream traffic channel, the spectral analysis comprising; (i) generating a plurality of frequency ranges from the one of the plurality of upstream transmissions, each of the plurality of frequency ranges having different spectral characteristics, (ii) selecting one of the frequency ranges from among the plurality of frequency ranges to provide a selected frequency range, and (iii) performing the spectral analysis of the selected frequency range to provide spectral measurements arranged in a plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to a respective frequency range; and (d) adjusting at least one transmission characteristic of the upstream traffic channel based on the spectral measurements. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A method of controlling communications traffic across a traffic channel, the traffic channel being shared by a plurality of subscribers, each of the plurality of subscribers being assigned to a corresponding service identifier (SID) from among a plurality of SIDs, comprising:
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(a) receiving, by a communications receiver, a plurality of transmissions from the plurality of subscribers over the traffic channel, wherein one of the plurality of transmissions corresponds to a SID from among the plurality of SIDs, the one of the plurality of transmissions being within a time interval corresponding to the SID; (b) performing, by the communications receiver, a spectral analysis on the one of the plurality of transmissions corresponding to the SID to provide quality information regarding the traffic channel, the spectral analysis comprising; (i) generating a plurality of frequency ranges from the one of the plurality of transmissions, each of the plurality of frequency ranges having different spectral characteristics, (ii) selecting one of the frequency ranges from among the plurality of frequency ranges to provide a selected frequency range, and (iii) performing the spectral analysis of the selected frequency range to provide spectral measurements arranged in a plurality of bins, each bin corresponding to a respective frequency range; and (c) adjusting at least one transmission characteristic of the subscriber based on the spectral measurements. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47)
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