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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2013
Applicant:

Rogers Communications Inc., Toronto, CA;

Inventors:

George Maynard Hart, Campbellville, CA;

Victor Kuarsingh, Mississauga, CA;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/801 (2013.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 12/2861 (2013.01); H04L 12/2863 (2013.01); H04L 12/2867 (2013.01); H04L 47/11 (2013.01); H04L 43/0858 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01);
Abstract

Described is a method of managing the bonding of transmissions over a legacy transmission system and over a new transmission system, the legacy transmission system comprising a legacy Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), the new transmission system comprising a new CMTS and configured to transmit data using a new mode, the method comprising: receiving data at the new CMTS, the data comprising an identification of a receiver as a destination for the data, the legacy receiver configured to receive data transmitted using the legacy mode; monitoring an output of the legacy CMTS; and determining, based on the monitored output, whether to route the data to the legacy CMTS to transmit to the receiver.


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