Processing medium access control (MAC) address in customer-premises equipment (CPE)
AssigneeCujo LLC
InventorsJames Mathews, Matti Niemenmaa
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Abstract
After a data packet containing an active medium access control (MAC) address of a connected device enters a customer-premises equipment (CPE), the active MAC address of the connected device is replaced with an earlier MAC address of the connected device. Before the data packet with the earlier MAC address exits the CPE, the earlier MAC address of the connected device is replaced with the active MAC address of the connected device.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- after a data packet containing an active medium access control (MAC) address of a connected device enters a customer-premises equipment (CPE), replacing the active MAC address contained in the data packet with an earlier MAC address of the connected device that was previously stored by the CPE;
- providing, by the CPE, the data packet to a service executing in the CPE for processing;
- and
- subsequent to providing the data packet to the service and before the data packet exits the CPE, replacing the earlier MAC address contained in the data packet with the active MAC address.
A customer-premises equipment (CPE) comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processor devices coupled to the one or more memories configured to:
- after a data packet containing an active medium access control (MAC) address of a connected device enters the CPE, replace the active MAC address contained in the data packet with an earlier MAC address of the connected device that was previously stored by the CPE;
- provide the data packet to a service executing in the CPE for processing;
- and
- subsequent to providing the data packet to the service and before the data packet exits the CPE, replace the earlier MAC address contained in the data packet with the active MAC address.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a computer program with instructions which, when executed by a customer-premises equipment (CPE), cause the CPE to:
- after a data packet containing an active medium access control (MAC) address of a connected device enters the CPE, replace the active MAC address contained in the data packet with an earlier MAC address of the connected device that was previously stored by the CPE;
- provide, by the CPE, the data packet to a service executing in the CPE for processing;
- and
- subsequent to providing the data packet to the service and before the data packet exits the CPE, replace the earlier MAC address contained in the data packet with the active MAC address.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.