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Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2022

Filed:

Sep. 13, 2019
Applicant:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Inventor:

Jeffrey L. Finkelstein, Atlanta, GA (US);

Assignee:

Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01); H04L 67/12 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

The disclosed systems are directed to Internet of Things (IoT) devices and techniques. In particular, the disclosed systems can identify an IoT device and a corresponding device type to be scheduled for a data transmission or a data reception over at least one wired or wireless network; determine a data priority associated with the IoT device, the data priority corresponding to the device type; determine, based at least in part on the data priority or the device type, a bandwidth and a time for data transmission or reception to or from the IoT device using an IoT data over cable service interface specification (IoT DOCSIS) protocol; generate a grant packet in accordance with a service flow, the service flow registered for the second device; and communicate with the second device at the time and at the bandwidth.


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