Patent ID: 9300458
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: H04L,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having a plurality of non-transitory instructions operable with a cable modem termination system (CMTS) configured to schedule transmission intervals for a plurality of cable modems, wherein at least a portion of cable modems are time division multiple access (TDMA) cable modems and at least a portion of the cable modems are frequency division multiple access (FDMA) cable modems, the TDMA cable modems and the FDMA cable modems transmitting with the CMTS over a common communication medium, the non- transitory instructions sufficient to: schedule transmission intervals for the TDMA cable modems and the FDMA cable modems to transmit with the CMTS over the common communication medium without interference, interference occurs when transmission intervals associated with the TDMA cable modems interfere with transmission intervals associated with the FDMA cable modems.