Patent ID: 6331987
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for bundling data in a data-over-cable system having a plurality of network devices, the data-over-cable system having a plurality of channels, where at least one channel connects the data-over-cable system to a network outside of the data-over-cable system, the method comprising the steps of:defining a data-identification parameter associated with a data-packet;receiving one or more data-packets with an associated data-identification parameter on a first network device from a plurality of second network devices, said first network device having a plurality of channels where at least one of said channels is labeled by a channel-identification parameter;determining a first channel on said first network device labeled by a first-channel-value with a channel-identification parameter corresponding to said data-identification parameter of said data-packet; andtransmitting said data-packets on said first channel from the first network device to a network outside of the data-over-cable system.