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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2014
Gainspeed, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Shlomo Selim Rakib, Saratoga, CA (US);
Gainspeed, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Distributed and software reconfigurable remote CMTS (CMRTS) device, based on MAC and PHY units with FPGA and DSP components, for a HFC CATV network. The various CATV RF modulators, such as QAM modulators, may be located entirely at the fiber nodes if desired. Although a basic set of CATV QAM data waveforms may optionally be transmitted to the nodes using a first fiber, in a preferred embodiment, all data may be transmitted to the nodes using other protocols such as Ethernet protocols. The nodes will extract the data specific to each neighborhood and inject this data into the cable portion of the system as RF waveforms, such as RF QAM channels. A computerized 'virtual shelf' control system for managing and reconfiguring the FPGA and DSP based CMTRS units, as well as a new type of edge router based all-digital virtual head end (virtual converged cable access platform) is also disclosed.