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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2017
Applicant:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventors:
Li Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Xiaolong Zhang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
James Jeng Chen, Corona, CA (US);
Lifan Xu, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Fan Wang, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Assignee:
Futurewei Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/24 (2015.01); H04B 15/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/18 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04B 3/487 (2015.01); H04L 5/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 17/24 (2015.01); H04B 3/487 (2015.01); H04B 15/00 (2013.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method implemented by a cable modem of a cable network includes sending an upstream test signal during at least one frequency division duplex minislot assigned to the cable modem, receiving other upstream test signals from other cable modems, measuring interference in each received test signal from the other cable modems, and reporting the interference measurement for each received test signal to a cable modem termination system.