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Methods and systems of specifying coaxial resource allocation across a MAC/PHY interface

US9363017B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

28Claims

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Assignee

QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

Nicola Varanese · Nuremberg, DE
Christian Pietsch · Nuremberg, DE
Patrick Stupar · Nuremberg, DE
Andrea Garavaglia · Nuremberg, DE
Juan Montojo · San Diego, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 10, 2013
Grant date	Jun 7, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 18, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L5/0058
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A communication device includes a resource allocation module to allocate coax resources for signals to be transmitted over a cable plant and a coax physical layer device to transmit the signals over the cable plant using the allocated coax resources. The communication device also includes a media access controller, coupled to the multi-point control protocol implementation and the coax physical layer device, to provide to the coax physical layer device a bitstream that includes data for the signals and also includes information specifying the allocated coax resources.

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