INCREASING CAPACITY IN A CABLE MODEM TERMINATION SYSTEM (CMTS) WITH PASSIVE REDUNDANCY

摘要

A method for adjusting bandwidth allocation in a cable modem termination system is provided. The method includes detecting an overflow condition at a primary transceiver (120) of the cable modem termination system, determining whether a backup transceiver (130) is available in the cable modem termination system, and when the backup transceiver is available, establishing at least one channel for the back-up transceiver to communicate over a common physical medium with at least one channel of the primary transceiver to effectively increase the bandwidth of the cable modem termination system.