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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Maxlinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mohamed Omar, Unterhaching, DE;
Assignee:
MaxLinear, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 41/50 (2022.01); H04L 45/586 (2022.01); H04L 67/025 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/53 (2013.01); H04L 12/46 (2013.01); H04L 45/586 (2013.01); H04L 67/025 (2013.01); H04L 41/5096 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device for controlling a network gateway comprises at least one network interface configured to communicate in at least one computer network. The device further comprises a processing module configured to at least partially execute at least a first software module and a second software module. The first software module is configured to provide a gateway functionality of the network gateway via the at least one network interface. A functionality of the second software module is different from the gateway functionality of the first software module. The second software module is encapsulated from the first software module.