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Modified range requests enabling bandwidth requests and state of health reporting

US7729373B2 · kind B2 · utility

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23References

18Claims

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Assignee

Broadcom Corporation · US

Inventors

Mark Dale · Laguna Hills, US
David Hartman · Laguna Hills, US
Alan Gin · Newport Beach, US
Jen-chieh Chien · Lake Forest, US
Anders Hebsgaard · Lawrenceville, US
Rocco Brescia · Laguna Beach, US
Cho-Hsin J. Wang · Irvine, US
Alan Kwentus · Torrance, US
Dorothy Lin · Irvine, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 2002
Grant date	Jun 1, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 16, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/637
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A modified ranging request in a broadband communications system. The modified ranging request includes a header, a management message header attached to the header, a management message payload attached to the management message header, and a CRC attached to the management message payload. The management message header enables bandwidth requests to be made by subscriber equipment without contention. The management message header also includes state of health information on the status of a downstream transmission for enabling a central location to determine how to assign subscribers to queues in an adaptive modulation scheme.

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