Provided are systems and methods for conversion and transmission of radio signals. A system for conversion and transmission of radio signals includes a frequency converter and a transmitter associated with a base station. The frequency converter is configured to receive, via a cable, a first radio signal having a predetermined frequency. The predetermined frequency is based on a Data over Cable Service Interface Specifications standard. The frequency converter is configured to convert the first radio signal into a second radio signal. The second radio signal has a frequency higher than the predetermined frequency. The transmitter is configured to wirelessly transmit the second radio signal to a customer premises equipment.

Methods and systems for configuring communication at a premises are described. A network device at a premises may be configured to use a first communication mode and a second communication mode. The network device may receive data from a device located at the premises. The network device may transmit the data using the first communication mode or the second communication mode based on configuration data, which may be received from a computing device located external to the premises.

Systems and methods to support flexible scaling and dynamic resource allocation for virtualized cable data plane applications. The system includes a head end together with a node to provide data to customer devices. A container operating that includes a data plane application that provides packets of data for transmission to the node. The data plane application is instantiated with at least one of a virtual networking function and a computing resource function.

Embodiments of the invention provide methods implemented in an access gateway of a network for hybrid access to a promises equipment. In one embodiment, the method comprises obtaining channel state information for both fixed-line and radio interfaces from a premises equipment coupled to the network by both fixed and radio interfaces, wherein a fixed-line path between the access gateway and the premises equipment includes the fixed-line interface coupled to one or more metal or optical fiber lines and a radio path between the access gateway and the premises equipment includes one or more radio interfaces utilizing one or more radio bearers to reach the premises equipment. The method further comprises scheduling transmission of packets of one or more data flows utilizing the fixed-line and radio paths toward the premises equipment based on at least the channel state information.

A system includes an input and a plurality of outputs. The system also includes an in-home network adapter configured to connect to and be positioned between the input and the plurality of outputs. The system also includes a splitter configured to connect to and be positioned between the in-home network adapter and the plurality of outputs. The input is configured to receive signals in a cable television (CATV) bandwidth and signals in a multimedia over coax alliance (MoCA) bandwidth. The in-home network adapter is configured to allow the signals in the MoCA bandwidth to pass from the input to the plurality of outputs and from the plurality of outputs to the input. The in-home network adapter is configured to attenuate or prevent the signals in the CATV bandwidth from passing from the input to the plurality of outputs, from the plurality of outputs to the input, or both.

A cable distribution system includes a head end connected to a plurality of customer devices through a transmission network that includes a remote fiber node, that converts received data to analog data suitable to be provided on a coaxial cable for the plurality of customer devices. The plurality of vCores instantiated on at least one of servers is configured within a container to provide services to the plurality of customer devices through the transmission network, where each of the vCores includes a service endpoint that is accessible from within the container while each of the vCores does not include a service endpoint that is directly accessible from a network address exterior to the container. A gateway instantiated one of the servers within the container provides access to each of the vCores using said service endpoint over a non-encrypted channel, and provides access to the gateway from a network address exterior to the container over an encrypted channel.

Performing distributed Remote PHY scheduling operations. A low latency scheduler is disposed within or in proximity to a Remote PHY node. Upon identifying that a particular data flow qualifies for processing by the low latency scheduler, the low latency scheduler performs upstream Remote PHY scheduling operations for the particular data flow using a one or more dedicated channels that are designated as low latency channels. The Remote PHY upstream scheduling operations define when data may be transmitted by a Cable Modem (CM) to a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) Core. A centralized scheduler is also located at the CCAP Core. The centralized scheduler performs Remote PHY upstream scheduling operations for all data flows which have not been identified as qualifying for processing by the low latency scheduler.

A broadcast receiving device for receiving a transmitted service by using an MPEG Media Transport (MMT) protocol includes a tuner configured to receive Service Layer Signaling (SLS); a memory storing one or more instructions; and a processor configured to execute the one or more instructions stored in the memory to obtain information of one or more contents constituting the service, from an MMT Package (MP) table included in the SLS, determine whether there is second content that is the same as first content being currently received through a first transfer path and is received through a different transfer path from a transfer path of the first content, among the one or more contents, based on the information of the one or more contents, and perform, when there is the second content, a handoff of a content receiving channel from the first transfer path to a second transfer path corresponding to the second content to receive the second content.

Methods and apparatus for enhancing communication and performance for a device backhauled by a wireline communication network. In one embodiment, the device comprises a small-cell or other wireless base station that is backhauled by a DOCSIS system within a managed HFC network, and the method and apparatus enable enhanced communication between the small cell/base station and the backhaul network so as to support “rate matching” between the device to mitigate packet overflow or other issues. In one implementation, enhanced cable modem (CM) and base station devices coordinate to inform the base station of the modulation order (and/or other parameters related to transmission of the data destined for the base station on the backhaul) so that the base station can selectively invoke utilization of higher-order modulation and/or coding schemes, as well as spatial multiplexing or beamforming.

A network access method includes receiving, by a first access point, a first network identifier and a first password of a second access point from a server, setting, by the first access point, a first network based on a first network identifier and a first password of the second access point, sending, by an intelligent device, a first network connection request, establishing, by the first access point, a first network connection between the first access point and the intelligent device in response to the first network connection request, sending, by the first access point, a second network identifier or a second password of the first access point to the intelligent device by the first network connection, and sending, by the intelligent device, a second network connection request to the first access point based on the second network identifier or the second password of the first access point.