METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SCHEDULING BANDWIDTH IN CABLE NETWORK

摘要

PURPOSE: A method and an apparatus for scheduling a bandwidth in a cable network are provided to increase the opportunity of a piggyback band request by arranging segment frames at a proper interval when allocating a band. CONSTITUTION: An operation unit(120) calculates a packet time interval value which maximizes a delayed time gain through received variable information, and a setup unit(130) sets up an algorithm for an Inter-channel band allocation of the network through the packet time interval value. A management unit(140) manages a CMTS(Cable Modem Termination System) according to the algorithm. IF a decision unit(160) judges the change of network, a control unit receives the variable information changed a receiving unit(110) again.