Method and apparatus for adaptive bandwidth utilization in a digital network
First Claim
1. An integrated circuit device for use in a line card of a network node of a digital networking system, wherein the integrated circuit device is configured:
- to intercept one or more control messages originating from at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) device, the one or more control messages corresponding to at least an updated operational status of a first one of a plurality of terminal equipment (TE) devices associated with the at least one CPE device; and
to generate one or more rate control messages for transmission to a network processor of the network node to adapt bandwidth utilization of at least a second one of the plurality of TE devices in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices and provide adapted data traffic flow to the at least one CPE device in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices.
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Abstract
An integrated circuit device for use in a line card of a network node of a digital networking system is provided. The integrated circuit device is capable of intercepting one or more control messages from at least one CPE device. The one or more control messages correspond to at least an operational status of at least one TE device associated with the at least one CPE device. The integrated circuit device is also capable of transmitting one or more rate control messages to a network processor of the network node to adapt bandwidth utilization and provide adapted data traffic flow to at least one CPE device in relation to the operational status of the at least one TE device.
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20 Claims
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1. An integrated circuit device for use in a line card of a network node of a digital networking system, wherein the integrated circuit device is configured:
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to intercept one or more control messages originating from at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) device, the one or more control messages corresponding to at least an updated operational status of a first one of a plurality of terminal equipment (TE) devices associated with the at least one CPE device; and to generate one or more rate control messages for transmission to a network processor of the network node to adapt bandwidth utilization of at least a second one of the plurality of TE devices in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices and provide adapted data traffic flow to the at least one CPE device in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for use in a network node of a digital networking system comprising at least one line card comprising an integrated circuit device configured:
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to intercept one or more control messages originating from at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) device, the one or more control messages corresponding to at least an updated operational status of a first one of a plurality of terminal equipment (TE) devices associated with the at least one CPE device; and to generate one or more rate control messages for transmission to a network processor of the network node to adapt bandwidth utilization of a second one of the plurality of TE devices in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices and provide adapted data traffic flow to the at least one CPE device in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. A method of providing adaptive bandwidth utilization in a digital networking system comprising the steps of:
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intercepting one or more control messages, each corresponding to at least an updated operational status of a first one of a plurality of terminal equipment (TE) devices, originating from at least one customer premises equipment (CPE) device associated with the plurality of TE devices, at an integrated circuit device of at least one line card of a network node; transmitting one or more rate control messages generated by the integrated circuit device to a network processor of the network node in association with the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices; adapting bandwidth utilization of a second one of the plurality of TE devices in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices; and providing adapted data traffic flow to at least one CPE device in response to the updated operational status of the first one of the plurality of TE devices. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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