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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2018
Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);
John Randolph Bestermann, Suwanee, GA (US);
James Brook Longdon, Bothell, WA (US);
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method provide personal networks to tenants on a multiple dwelling unit (MDU) network. Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are assigned to a plurality of tenants to define a plurality of personal networks on the MDU network such that each of the personal networks is for a different tenant and is assigned a different VLAN. Onboarding requests are received from a plurality of client devices of a tenant for access to a personal network assigned to the tenant such that, when provisioned onto the personal network, intercommunication between the client devices of the tenant across the MDU network within the personal network is provided while access thereto by client devices of other tenants is blocked.