DYNAMIC CHANNEL BONDING PARTIAL SERVICE TRIGGERING

摘要

A method and computing device for transitioning into and out of partial service mode to make valuable bandwidth available for other resources. The method sets a trigger value for a channel, where a first cable modem and a second cable modem have registered to use the channel, and where the first cable modem is a bonded channel modem that utilizes a bonding group that includes the channel and at least one other channel. The method then monitors a modulation mode for the channel. The method transitions the channel from full service mode to partial service mode when the channel is in full service mode and the monitoring detects that the modulation mode is less than or equal to the trigger value. The method transitions the channel from partial service mode to full service mode when the channel is in partial service mode and the modulation mode for the channel is greater than the trigger value.