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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2014
Applicant:
Harmonic Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Adi Bonen, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Amir Leventer, Kfar Saba, IL;
Assignee:
Harmonic, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/751 (2013.01); H04L 12/721 (2013.01); H04L 12/741 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/02 (2013.01); H04L 45/66 (2013.01); H04L 45/74 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for obtaining and utilizing internet protocol (IP) subnet information, the method may include obtaining by a layer two cable modem termination system (L2 CMTS) information about IP subnets that comprise DHCP leased IP addresses assigned to devices serviced by the L2 CMTS; and maintaining, by the L2 CMTS and based on the information about the IP subnets, a data structure that reflects the IP subnets that comprise the IP addresses that are allocated to the devices serviced by the L2 CMTS.