US Patent 7720002 Systems and methods for initializing cable modems

Patent 7720002 was granted and assigned to Juniper Networks on May, 2010 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent

Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Juniper Networks

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7720002

Date of Patent

May 18, 2010

Patent Application Number

10887081

Date Filed

July 9, 2004

Patent Primary Examiner

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Gregory B Sefcheck

Patent abstract

A system includes a first device and a second device. The first device is configured to transmit a discover message on a first upstream channel, where the discover message includes information representing capabilities of the first device. The second device is configured to receive the discover message from the first device and determine whether to switch the first device to a second upstream channel based on the capabilities information in the discover message. The second device makes the determination before a registration of the first device. The second device transmits a message to the first device instructing the first device to switch to the second upstream channel based on a result of the determination.