Patent ID: 7280479

Claim:
A cable modem termination system comprising: a data over cable service interface specification subsystem that manages a flow associated with a gate; and a gate manager that manages a state of the gate; wherein when the flow is admitted by the data over cable service interface specification subsystem, the data over cable service interface specification subsystem signals to the gate manager to transition the state of the gate to a reserved state; wherein the gate manager transitions the state of the gate to the reserved state when the data over cable service interface specification subsystem signals to the gate manager to transition the state of the gate to the reserved state; wherein when the flow is activated by the data over cable service interface specification subsystem, the data over cable service interface specification subsystem signals to the gate manager to transition the state of the gate to a committed state; and wherein the gate manager transitions the state of the gate to the committed state when the data over cable service interface specification subsystem signals to the gate manager to transition the state of the gate to the committed state.