Viasat, Inc.

Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Aakash Sahai

David Meyer

Erez Jordan Gottlieb

William Russell Armstrong, Iv

Systems, methods, and devices of the various embodiments may enable discovery and announcement of secondary end-point reachability information in communication networks. Various embodiments may provide an intermediate IP routing system that may identify and advertise a mapping of a static IP address as reachable via a dynamic IP address assigned to an end-point (e.g., a computing device) in a communication network. Various embodiments provide systems, methods, and devices for advertising static IP address mapping in an IP network.

Device and method for discovery and announcement of secondary end-point reachability information

Disclosed is a method of scheduling bandwidth, comprising, receiving a first bandwidth request associated with the first communication device. Receiving, from a policy agent, a second bandwidth request associated with a second communication device. The second bandwidth request does not originate from the second communication device. Bandwidth is granted to the first communication device based on the first bandwidth request. Bandwidth is granted to the second communication device based on the second bandwidth request.

Scheduling virtual bandwidth requests

Disclosed is a method of controlling a receiver. A group identifier or modulation and coding scheme is sent in a physical layer header. This group identifier or modulation and coding scheme, or both, determine whether the corresponding physical layer frame should be fully demodulated and decoded. If it is not necessary to fully demodulate and decode the physical layer frame, the receiver may disable its demodulator, decoder, or both. This results in a power savings. A hub device sends the group identifier or modulation and coding scheme in the physical layer header. This allows receivers that are not addressed by the group identifier, or modulation and coding scheme, to disable at least a portion of their circuitry. Disabling at least a portion of circuitry saves power consumption and dissipation. The hub device may also send control messages to tell the receiver which group identifiers, or modulation and coding schemes, they should respond to.

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