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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Patrick Lazar, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
Netgear, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
A telecommunication network device for implementing the DOCSIS standard during a transition from a coaxial cable network to a fiber-optic network is described. The device includes a memory including installed firmware for implementing a telecommunication gateway function in accordance with the DOCSIS telecommunication standard and a processor configured to update the installed firmware by downloading the update from a first TFTP server over a coaxial cable network, wherein the processor is further configured to update the installed firmware by downloading the update from a second TFTP server over a fiber-optic network.