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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 07, 2018
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/56 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/56 (2013.01); H04L 43/00 (2013.01); H04L 43/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04M 11/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
Detection of a device connected to a network element may be provided. First, upstream allocation data corresponding to the device may be received. Next, active minislot data detected at the network element may be received. It may then be determined that the upstream allocation data and the active minislot data correlate. In response to determining that the upstream allocation data and the active minislot data correlate, it may be determined that the device is attached to the network element.