US 11,677,437 B2
Comprehensive system design to address the needs for virtual segmentation of the coaxial cable plant
Kevin A. Shelby, Austin, TX (US); and Michael B. Doerr, Hampton Falls, NH (US)
Assigned to Coherent Logix, Incorporated, Austin, TX (US)
Filed by Coherent Logix, Incorporated, Austin, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/558,141.
Application 17/558,141 is a continuation of application No. 16/781,099, filed on Feb. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,228,339.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/801,026, filed on Feb. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0116073 A1, Apr. 14, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04B 3/04 (2006.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01)
CPC H04B 3/04 (2013.01) [H04L 47/70 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor configured to cause a virtual repeater station located between an endpoint device and a cable headend to:
designate, by the virtual repeater station, a plurality of channels within a range of frequencies, wherein each of the plurality of channels comprises a separate respective sub-band of frequency within the range of frequencies, wherein the separate sub-bands of frequency are selected to occur at frequencies above a highest frequency utilized by Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) plus a guard interval;
designate, by the virtual repeater station, a first subset of the plurality of channels as upstream channels and a second subset of the plurality of channels as downstream channels for virtual segmentation; and
perform communications between a network controller and the endpoint device through a coaxial cable by utilizing the plurality of channels,
wherein the first subset of the plurality of channels are designated as upstream channels and the second subset of the plurality of channels are designated as downstream channels based at least in part on upstream and downstream channel demand.