Patent ID: 8098685
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of scheduling a bandwidth in a cable network, the method comprising: receiving variable information set according to a condition of a network; calculating a packet time slot value in which a delay time gain is maximized using the received variable information; setting an algorithm allocating a bandwidth between channels of the network using the packet time slot value; and operating a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) according to the algorithm, wherein the packet time slot value has a value obtained by subtracting an average access delay time in accordance with a sum of a time for enabling a piggyback band request and the packet time slot value from an average access delay time in accordance with a collision probability with respect to the time for enabling the piggyback band request, when the time for enabling the piggyback band request corresponds to a length of a manufacturing automation protocol (MAP), and the packet time slot value corresponds to zero or the length of the MAP.