US 10,951,426 B2 · Devices, systems and methods for performing maintenance in DOCSIS customer premise equipment (CPE) devices

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for performing maintenance in Data over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) network CPE devices and for improving recovery to a normal operating state from maintenance are provided. The devices, systems and methods provide for entering a standby mode for an electronic device for a duration of a maintenance period. A currently-used RF communication channel frequency of the electronic device is stored as a last known channel frequency into a memory. RF communication channel operation between the electronic device and an upstream content distribution device is suspended for the duration of the maintenance period. After the maintenance period, the last known channel frequency is used to reestablish a communication connection between the electronic device and the upstream content distribution device.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

upon a scheduled start time of a time period, suspending RF communication channel operation between a cable modem and a cable modem termination system;
at the end of the time period, using a previously operational RF communication channel to reestablish a communication connection between the cable modem termination system and the cable modem;
wherein suspending RF communication comprises entering a standby mode, performed by the cable modem, based on a start time and a duration for a maintenance period communicated by the cable modem termination system to the cable modem.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

16/393,114Filed 24 Apr 2019 · us provisional application

Priority

26 Apr 2018

Published

US 2019/0334732 A131 Oct 2019

Granted

16 Mar 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

H04L 12/2856
Wide area networks, e.g. public data networks: access arrangements, e.g. Internet access
H04L 12/12
Details: arrangements for remote connection or disconnection of substations or of equipment thereof
H04L 12/2801
Characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]: broadband local area networks
H04L 41/0889
Configuration management of networks or network elements: techniques to speed-up the configuration process

Devices, systems and methods for performing maintenance in DOCSIS customer premise equipment (CPE) devices

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Devices, systems and methods for performing maintenance in DOCSIS customer premise equipment (CPE) devices

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Abstract

Claims18