Service providing method based on service subscriber level on cable network

• US 7,848,247 B2
• Filed: 09/13/2006
• Issued: 12/07/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: Kwon, O-Hyung, Lee, Soo-In, Kwon, Eun-Jung, Jung, Joon-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Rao; Seema S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Davenport; Mon Cheri S
• Application Number:
  US11/520,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20070058677A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,546 Days
• Field of Search: 125/2, 144/8, 146/5, 146/8, 725/1, 725/111, 370/252, 370/448, 370/465, 370/468, 370485-487
• US Class Current: 370/252
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks

Abstract

Provided is a method for providing a service based on a subscriber level. The method includes the steps of: a) initializing a Data Back-off Start (DBS) value and a Data Back-off End (DBE) value; b) acquiring subscriber information from an external management system; c) acquiring service flow identifier (SFID) and service identifier (SID) information from an object model for quality of service (QoS) based on information on Service Class Name (SCN) of the subscriber acquired in the step b); d) creating manufacturing automation protocol (MAP) according to a priority by grasping the SID information based on the service level and controlling the DBS value and the DBE value of a cable modem (CM); and e) transmitting the created MAP to the cable modem.

Claims

1. A method for providing a service, by a headend cable modem termination system (CMTS), based on a service level of a subscriber at a cable network, comprising the steps of:

a) initializing a Data Back-off Start (DBS) value and a Data Back-off End (DBE) value of a cable modem (CM);

b) acquiring subscriber information from an external management system;

c) acquiring service flow identifier (SFID) information and service identifier (SID) information from an object model for quality of service (QoS) based on information on Service Class Name (SCN) of the subscriber acquired in the step b);

d) creating manufacturing automation protocol (MAP) according to a priority by controlling the DBS value and the DBE value which is determined by checking the SID information based on the service level, wherein when the SID information corresponds to the SCN of a low service level, the difference between the DBS value and the DBE value becomes maximum by minimizing the DBS value and maximizing the DBE value, and when the SID information corresponds to the SCN of a high service level, the DBS value is maximized under a condition that the DBS value is smaller than or the same as the DBE value, and the DBE value is minimized under a condition that the DBE value is larger than or the same as the DBS value; and

e) transmitting the created MAP to the cable modem;

wherein the DBS value, the DBE value, and a difference are maximized/minimized based on the SID information, the service level, and the SCN.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein in the step b), service application and usage information of the subscriber are acquired from the external management system for service level information corresponding to the SCN.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the external management system is a charging system.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein when the DBS value and the DBE value correspond to the SCN of a low service level and a truncated binary exponential back-off (TBEB) algorithm is performed in the cable modem, the difference between delay time for data transmission and the DBS is maximized and data transmission rate of the cable modem is not faster than the data transmission rate of a cable modem receiving the SCN of the high service level.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the DBS value and the DBE value define the SID-information which is not included in the low service level or the high service level, to minimize the difference between the DBS value and the DBE value based on the service level.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein when the DBS value and the DBE value correspond to the SCN of a high service level, the difference between delay time for data transmission and the DBS is minimized and speed for data transmission should be faster in above cable modem than a cable modem receiving the SCN of the low service level.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein the DBS value and the DBE value define the SID which is not included in the low service level or the high service level, to minimize the difference between the DBS value and the DBE value based on the service level.