Network having bandwidth sharing
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1. A method for sharing channel bandwidth, comprising:
- dynamically adjusting a placement of voice unsolicited grants within a voice interval of a map interval via a cable modem termination system, by;
packing the voice unsolicited grants in a contiguous manner at a location in the voice interval away from a data+signaling interval of the map interval,consolidating at least a portion of holes within the map interval,reducing fragmentation of received packets, andreducing delay jitter for the voice unsolicited grants, wherein the jitter is caused by movement of the voice unsolicited grants.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a plurality of devices, such as cable modems, in communication with a station, such as a cable modem termination system, that provides efficient upstream bandwidth sharing.
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1. A method for sharing channel bandwidth, comprising:
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dynamically adjusting a placement of voice unsolicited grants within a voice interval of a map interval via a cable modem termination system, by; packing the voice unsolicited grants in a contiguous manner at a location in the voice interval away from a data+signaling interval of the map interval, consolidating at least a portion of holes within the map interval, reducing fragmentation of received packets, and reducing delay jitter for the voice unsolicited grants, wherein the jitter is caused by movement of the voice unsolicited grants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for sharing upstream channel bandwidth in a DOCSIS system, comprising:
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transmitting map intervals from a cable modem termination system on a downstream channel to a plurality of cable modems, wherein the map intervals define upstream traffic for the plurality of cable modems for a period of time in the future and that a placement of voice unsolicited grants is dynamically adjusted, by; packing the voice unsolicited grants in one of a random manner in a voice interval of the map intervals and a contiguous manner at an end of the voice interval located away from a data+signaling interval of the map interval, consolidating at least a portion of holes within the map interval, reducing fragmentation of upstream packets, and reducing delay jitter for voice unsolicited grants, the jitter caused by movement of the voice unsolicited grants. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising, via a cable modem termination system:
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separating a data interval from a voice interval via a soft partition, wherein data traffic is allowed to utilize unused bandwidth in the voice interval, wherein a placement of voice unsolicited grants within the voice interval is dynamically adjusted such that the voice unsolicited grants are packed in one of a random manner in the voice interval and a contiguous manner at a location away from a data+signaling interval, the adjusting functions to reduce at least a portion of holes within the voice interval and reduce fragmentation of received packets, the data traffic having a lower priority than the voice traffic within the voice interval; and separating the voice interval from the data interval via a hard partition, wherein voice traffic is prohibited from utilizing unused bandwidth in the data interval. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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