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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2010
Applicants:
Kevin N. Taylor, Parker, CO (US);
Doug Jones, Boulder, CO (US);
Inventors:
Kevin N. Taylor, Parker, CO (US);
Doug Jones, Boulder, CO (US);
Assignee:
Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/54 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04N 7/173 (2011.01); H04N 21/4227 (2011.01); H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04N 21/643 (2011.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04L 12/2856 (2013.01); H04L 12/2872 (2013.01); H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04L 67/303 (2013.01); H04N 7/17318 (2013.01); H04N 21/4227 (2013.01); H04N 21/6106 (2013.01); H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04N 21/6168 (2013.01); H04N 21/64322 (2013.01); H04L 12/2803 (2013.01); H04L 12/2838 (2013.01); H04L 2012/2849 (2013.01);
Abstract
A Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) having a gateway configured to output signals on over data tunnels for transfer over a cable network to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE). Each data tunnel is preferably characterized as a one-way data stream of out-of-band (OOB) messaging signals.