US 7,321,616 B2 | ||
Method and apparatus for increasing soft modem capacity | ||
Robert David Wachel, Altadena, Calif. (US) | ||
Assigned to Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, Calif. (US) | ||
Filed on Dec. 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/746,606. | ||
Application 10/746606 is a continuation of application No. 09/608824, filed on Jun. 30, 2000, granted, now 6,700,917. | ||
Prior Publication US 2004/0136449 A1, Jul. 15, 2004 | ||
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer. | ||
Int. Cl. H04B 1/38 (2006.01); H04L 5/16 (2006.01) |
U.S. Cl. 375—222 [375/220; 375/221; 375/225; 375/227] | 11 Claims |
1. A method comprising:
queuing one or more retrain requests;
responding to the queued retrain requests within a period of time to one or more modems that correspond to the queued retrain
requests, wherein the period of time establishes an allowable number of the queued retrain requests;
assigning priorities to the queued retrain requests in response to an occurrence frequency of the retrain requests; and
retrieving the queued retrain requests in response to the assigned priorities.
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