Systems and methods for operating a termination device of an access communication network
AssigneeCable Television Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsJason W. Rupe, Douglas D. Jones, Stephen L. Burroughs
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Abstract
A method for operating a termination device of an access communication network includes (a) performing, at the termination device, a first start-up procedure, (b) after performing the first start-up procedure, detecting, at the termination device, presence of a communication signal meeting one or more predetermined criteria, and (c) in response to detecting presence of the communication signal meeting the one or more predetermined criteria, performing, at the termination device, a second start-up procedure that is different from the first start-up procedure.
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A method for operating a termination device of an access communication network, the method comprising:
- performing, at the termination device, a first start-up procedure, the first start-up procedure including loading a first portion of an operating system of the termination device;
- after performing the first start-up procedure, detecting, at the termination device, presence of a communication signal meeting one or more predetermined criteria;
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- in response to detecting presence of the communication signal meeting the one or more predetermined criteria, performing, at the termination device, a second start-up procedure that is different from the first start-up procedure, the second start-up procedure including loading a second portion of the operating system of the termination device.
A method for operating a termination device of an access communication network, the method comprising:
- determining that the termination device is unable to establish a communication connection with an external network resource via a first communication interface of the termination device;
- in response to determining that the termination device is unable to establish a communication connection with the external network resource via the first communication interface, establishing a communication connection with the external network resource via a second communication interface of the termination device;
- and
- communicating with the external resource via the second communication interface to facilitate establishing a communication connection with the external network resource via the first communication interface;
- wherein communicating with the external resource via the second communication interface comprises receiving an operating system image for the termination device from the external network resource via the second communication interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.