US 11,700,065 B1
Systems and methods for power and modulation management
Mu Xu, Broomfield, CO (US); Zhensheng Jia, Superior, CO (US); Luis Alberto Campos, Superior, CO (US); and Chris Stengrim, Wilton, CT (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Oct. 3, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/937,677.
Application 17/937,677 is a division of application No. 17/453,480, filed on Nov. 3, 2021, granted, now 11,539,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/109,240, filed on Nov. 3, 2020.
Int. Cl. H04B 10/564 (2013.01); H04B 10/54 (2013.01); H04B 10/50 (2013.01)
CPC H04B 10/541 (2013.01) [H04B 10/504 (2013.01); H04B 10/564 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for automatic power and modulation management in a communication network, comprising:
generating a discontinuous management function that is a weighted function of at least spectral efficiency and power consumption of the communication network;
determining, from the discontinuous management function, an optimal modulation format, an optimal forward error correction (FEC) rate, and an optimal output power of a transmitter of the communication network, which collectively achieve a maximum value of the management function; and
causing the transmitter to operate according to the optimal modulation format, the optimal FEC rate, and the optimal output power.