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A method for controlling downstream traffic flow in a cable network headend is provided to enable a traffic source to control transmission rate of a traffic transmitted to an E-QAM(Edge Quadruple Amplitude Modulator), and further to protect overflow or underflow of a receiving buffer, packet loss or channel usage rate deterioration. A method for controlling downstream traffic flow in a cable network headend includes the following steps. An M-CMTS(Modular Cable Modem Termination System) core(701) transmits an ICRQ(Incoming Call Request) message(710) to an E-QAM(702), and requests session setup. The E-QAM transmits an ICRP(Incoming Call Reply) message(720), including a DEPI(Downstream External PHY Interface) resource assignment response AVP(Attribute Value Pair) as a response to a DEPI resource assignment request in the ICRQ message, to the M-CMTS core. The M-CMTS core generates a buffer state report criterion AVP on the basis of the number of flows and transmits an ICCN(Incoming Call Connected) message(730), including the buffer state report criterion AVP, to the E-QAM for completing the session setup. The E-QAM sets up a buffer report criterion on the buffer state report criterion AVP, and reports the buffer state according to the set criterion.
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A system and a method for scheduling an upstream bandwidth supporting channel coupling are provided to generate and schedule a MAP message for providing the structure of an upstream scheduler and using the upstream bandwidth efficiently, thereby enabling a CM(Cable Modem) transmitting upstream data burst through channel coupling or a single channel to secure a short delayed time and a high data throughput. A system for scheduling an upstream bandwidth comprises a receiving block(400), a scheduler block(410), and a downstream processing block(430). The receiving block receives bandwidth request information from at least one network connection device connected to a subscriber terminal. The scheduler block calculates the size of a competition section as the bandwidth request information is received, allocates a bandwidth size corresponding to the bandwidth request information to all upstream channels configuring an SID cluster when bandwidth corresponding to the bandwidth request information can not be allocated to only an upstream channel in the SID cluster of the network connection device, and generates a MAP message in which the bandwidth size and the competition section allocated to each upstream channel are set up. The downstream processing block transmits the generated MAP to the network connection device.
Abstract:
A method for updating a software of a modem in a cable network is provided to prevent unreliable cable modems from receiving additional services provided in the future by enabling only reliable cable modems to update software. A method for updating a software of a modem in a cable network comprises the following several steps. A management server eliminates cable modems, whose models are different from registered models, from an update target list(201). The management server eliminates cable modems, which uses excessively the number of requested units, from the update target list because the cable modems do not guarantee reliability(202). If a manager executes an update program, an update server selects one among target cable modems and checks the kind of the selected cable modem(203). The update server selects the kind of an MIB(Management Information Base) to be applied to the checked kind of the cable modem(204). Then, the update server checks information of the cable modem for determining whether the cable modem is a software update target or not(205). If the cable modem is a software update target, the update server performs a software update procedure(206) and checks whether the update procedure is normal(207).
Abstract:
A method and an apparatus for upgrading a limited reception system in digital cable broadcasting are provided to enable a headend to transmit a limited reception system upgrade message to a cable card directly, thereby solving a problem that manpower and time is wasted when the program of the cable card is upgraded. A method for upgrading a limited reception system in digital cable broadcasting of an open cable scheme comprises the following steps of: receiving a limited reception system upgrade message from a headend(720); transmitting a limited reception system upgrade request message to an STB(Set-Top Box) in correspondence to the received limited reception system upgrade message(709); receiving a system upgrade response message from the STB receiving the limited reception system upgrade request message(703); receiving and applying a system upgrade program from the headend in correspondence to the system upgrade response message(727,731,733); and notifying the STB and the headend of the application of the system upgrade program(735).
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A cable modem termination apparatus for a hybrid fiber coaxial network is provided to simplify table information to use a memory efficiently and facilitate data debugging and updating, thereby performing the MAC protocol processing of a cable modem efficiently. An MAC(Media Access Control) protocol processor(220) manages functions of processing the initial setting of cable modems and MAC management messages necessary for providing a service in the interaction with plural cable modems configuring a network as one of the MAC control functions of a cable modem termination apparatus. The MAC protocol processor receives information about an MAC domain and information about a logical uplink channel(211) from an operator through an operator I/O(Input/Output) controller(210). The operator I/O controller includes an interface for outputting set control information to the operator. Network control information inputted through the operator I/O controller is divided into operation policy information, uplink channel information, and downlink channel information in the MAC protocol processor and is respectively stored in the table storage unit(250) of a memory space allocated for MAC protocol processing. The table storage unit includes a downlink channel information table, an uplink channel information table, and an operation policy setting table. The network control information divided by the MAC protocol processor is recorded in the predetermined fields of various tables.
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A method for setting up the fast initialization of a cable modem is provided to reduce the loss of resources by allowing a cable modem termination system to allocate only a predetermined length of request band to the cable modem. A method for setting up the fast initialization of a cable modem includes the steps of: transmitting a synchronization message to the cable modem(601), and receiving a ranging message from the cable modem(602); transmitting a ranging response message according as a bit requesting periodical band allocation is set in the received ranging message(603); allocating a first band for receiving a band allocation request message from the cable modem, and receiving the band allocation request message(606); allocating a second band requested by the received band allocation request message; and receiving a registration request message from the cable modem through the allocated second band, and transmitting a registration response message(612).
Abstract:
본 발명은 국제 규격인 오픈케이블(OpenCable) 표준을 따르는 디지털 케이블 TV 수신기 또는 셋톱 단말기의 복조기에서 처리된 엠펙-2 전송스트림(MPEG-2 TS) 패킷에 대한 오류 정보를 케이블카드(CableCARD TM )를 거쳐 엠펙-2(MPEG-2) 디코더로 전달하기 위한 다중화 및 역다중화 장치와 그를 이용한 다중화 및 역다중화 방법에 관한 것으로, 프리-헤더 생성 시, 복조기로부터 전송스트림 패킷의 오류 신호를 입력받아, 상기 입력된 오류 신호에 따라 상기 전송스트림 패킷의 오류 플래그를 설정하여 프리-헤더를 생성하고, 상기 생성된 프리-헤더를 전송스트림 패킷에 삽입하여 케이블카드 엠펙 패킷을 생성한 후, 케이블카드 엠펙 패킷을 전송하며, 역다중화기에서는 프리-헤더 정보를 기반으로 역다중화하여 각 채널별로 전송스트림을 분리하고, 프리-헤더의 오류 플래그 값을 확인하여 패킷 오류 신호를 생성하여 출력하며, 디코더에서는 패킷 오류 신호를 이용하여 오류 은닉 또는 에러 복구 등과 같은 오류 제어를 수행한다. Multi-stream, CableCARD, OpenCable, Packet Error, 복조, 디코더, 전송스트림
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1. 청구범위에 기재된 발명이 속한 기술분야 본 발명은 디지털 수신기의 복조 알고리즘 성능 측정을 위해 타이밍 위상 에러의 분해능을 증가시키기 위한 타이밍 위상 에러 생성 방법에 관한 것임. 2. 발명이 해결하려고 하는 기술적 과제 본 발명은 디지털 수신기의 복조 알고리즘 성능 측정(시뮬레이션)을 위한 타이밍 위상 에러를 생성하는데 있어서, 정합 필터의 위상을 변화시켜 타이밍 위상 에러의 분해능을 증가시킴으로써, 성능 측정(시뮬레이션)을 위한 메모리와 계산량을 줄이기 위한, 디지털 수신기의 복조 알고리즘 성능 측정을 위해 타이밍 위상 에러의 분해능을 증가시키기 위한 타이밍 위상 에러 생성 방법을 제공하는데 그 목적이 있음. 3. 발명의 해결방법의 요지 본 발명은, 디지털 수신기의 복조 알고리즘 성능 측정을 위해 타이밍 위상 에러의 분해능을 증가시키기 위한 타이밍 위상 에러 생성 방법에 있어서, 정합 필터의 계수를 타이밍 위상 에러의 최소 분해능 단위로 오버 샘플링하여 저장하는 단계; 생성하고자 하는 타이밍 위상 에러 시간만큼 상기 정합 필터의 계수들을 지연시키는 단계; 및 상기 오버 샘플링되어 저장된 정합 필터 계수 값 및 상기 지연된 정합 필터 계수들을 바탕으로 시스템이 요구하는 오버 샘플링 율만큼의 타이밍 위상 에러를 생성하는 단계를 포함한다. 4. 발명의 중요한 용도 본 발명은 디지털 수신기의 복조 알고리즘 성능 측정을 위한 타이밍 위상 에러 생성 등에 이용됨. 복조 알고리즘, 시뮬레이션, 타이밍 위상 오류
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An IP(Internet Protocol) data transmitter using an existing transmission system and a wideband downstream transmission system in an HFC(Hybrid Fiber Coaxial) network and a method therefor are provided to enable a wideband downstream cable modem developed under new standards to effectively offer an IP-based data transmission service which will be provided from an advanced cable network, at low cost, together with a CMTS(Cable Modem Terminal System) within an existing headend. A headend unit(100) receives data from an application server system(101) which is a service providing device, separates general user data from a management message, and determines whether to transmit the user data through a wideband or existing service band, then transmits the user data through an HFC network(104). A user cable terminal unit(105) receives the separated data sent from the headend unit(100) through the HFC network(104) to send the received data to an IP-based user device(108), and delivers the management message delivered from the user device(108) through the existing transmission system.
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An apparatus and a method for multimedia data transmission and reception in a cable network using a broadband and physical layer frame structure are provided to adopt a newly developed technique later easily and perform a unified service of a communication and a broadcasting while supplying a backward compatibility. In an apparatus for multimedia data transmission in a cable network using a broadband and physical layer frame structure, an external network matching unit(305) transmits an external network and input/output data to a DOCSIS(Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) MAC level. A DOCSIS MAC processing unit(306) transmits the data outputted from the external network matching unit(305) to a specific destination. A first downward physical layer processing unit(307) processes an existing specification transmission among the data outputted from the DOCSIS MAC processing unit(306). A second downward physical layer processing unit(308) processes a new broadband transmission among the data outputted from the DOCSIS MAC processing member(306). An upward physical layer processing member(309) transmits the received data to the DOCSIS MAC processing member(306).