Patent ID: 8233521
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method performed by a cable modem system, the method comprising: determining, by a processor of the cable modem system, that a particular condition is present with respect to a first burst request received at the cable modem system from a cable modem; routing, responsive to the first burst request, data received via a first input port of the cable modem system from the cable modem, to a first set of receivers, of a plurality of receivers of the cable modem system, based on a per-burst of data scheme; determining that the particular condition is not present with respect to a second burst request received at the cable modem system from the cable modem; and routing, responsive to the second request, data, received via the first input port from the cable modem, to a second set of receivers, of the plurality of receivers of the cable modem system, based on a predetermined dynamic scheme, wherein the first set of receivers differs from the second set of receivers.