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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 09, 2001
Michael J. Geile, Batavia, OH (US);
Brian D. Anderson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey Brede, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Robert J. Kirscht, Savage, MN (US);
Michael J. Fort, Pelham, NH (US);
Mark D. Elpers, Elk River, MN (US);
Michael J. Geile, Batavia, OH (US);
Brian D. Anderson, Plymouth, MN (US);
Jeffrey Brede, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Robert J. Kirscht, Savage, MN (US);
Michael J. Fort, Pelham, NH (US);
Mark D. Elpers, Elk River, MN (US);
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Abstract
A head end is provided. The head end includes at least one modern for communicating with service units over a transmission bandwidth, the transmission bandwidth being divided into a number of subbands, each subband including a plurality of payload channels and at least one control channel and a control circuit, communicatively coupled with the at least one modem, that assigns each service unit to a subband such that the service units are substantially evenly distributed over the subbands.