
Two-Way Cable
Cisco uBR7200 Series MC16S Cable Modem Card Spectrum Management 9
The system will not hop endlessly, because one cable modem is generating 90% of the errors and
90% of the traffic.
If the CMTS does not receive two polls in a row, it will signal a frequency hop. A single modem
missing two polls in a row counts as 10% missed polls. The CMTS polls all modems sequentially.
It waits for 20 seconds. If it misses two polls in a row again, it frequency hops again. This pattern is
repeated.
Note Regardless of the number of missed polls during the 20 second hop threshold time, it will not
hop again thus preventing endless frequency hopping.
The default threshold of 100% can be modified using the following IOS global configuration
command:
cable spectrum-group {1|2|3|...|32} frequency hop threshold {1|2|3|...|100}
The percentage threshold method prevents a single failing cable modem from affecting service to
other good cable modems. To prevent excessive frequency hop, the minimum period between hops
can be changed from the default value of 300 seconds using the following Cisco IOS global
configuration command.
cable spectrum-group {1|2|3|...|32} frequency hop period {1|2|3|...|3600}
If the destination channel is expected to be impaired, then the frequency hop period threshold can be
reduced to a small value such as 10 seconds. This allows the frequency hop to continue more rapidly
until a clear channel is found.
The current implementation is known as blind frequency hop because there is no “look-ahead”
mechanism. In this case, the search time is 0 seconds and the switching time is 20 ms.
Upstream Physical Layer Configuration
The upstream port becomes “up” when it is assigned an upstream frequency and it is configured to
be administratively up. Configuring a spectrum group enables frequency agility and disables the
fixed upstream frequency setting.
Note Frequency assignment is independent of the configured shutdown state. A configured no
cable upstream n shutdown places the port in the “adminup” state. If cable upstream n shutdown
is configured and no frequency assigned, then the port transitions to the “down” state.
Global Configuration
A maximum of 32 spectrum groups can be configured in the system. Configuring a spectrum group
allows the upstream frequency and input power level to change whenever noise impairs upstream
data traffic.
cable spectrum-group
groupnum
[ time
day hh:mm:ss
] [delete]
frequency
ctr-freq-hz power-level-dBmV
cable spectrum-group
groupnum
[ time
day hh:mm:ss
] [delete]
band
start-freq-hz end-freq-hz power-level-dBmV
groupnum
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