METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DOWNSTREAM SERVICE FLOWS CLASSIFICATION FOR HEADEND CABLE MODEM

摘要

A method and apparatus of classifying downstream service flows for a cable modem is provided. A method of classifying downstream service flows, the method including: classifying a service flow based on a Quality of Service (QoS) using a destination address of an inputted packet; composing an internal header including corresponding service flow information based on the classifying of the service flow; and adding the internal header to the inputted packet.