US Patent Issued to Harmonic on April 7 for "Power saving in HFC networks by selectively reducing spectrum utilization and bias of a power amplifier" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,894, issued on April 7, was assigned to Harmonic Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Power saving in HFC networks by selectively reducing spectrum utilization and bias of a power amplifier" was invented by Adi Bonen (North York, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Selective adjustment of power amplifier bias and spectrum utilization in a broadband network. A CCAP core determines that a set of DOCSIS channels presently operational in the broadband network should be adjusted, either by consulting a schedule of peak-usage or by measuring of a current capacity utilization of the DOCSIS channels presently operational in the broadband network. Whe...