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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2013
Applicant:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Donley, Broomfield, CO (US);
Christopher Grundemann, Denver, CO (US);
Assignee:
Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/935 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/2015 (2013.01); H04L 41/08 (2013.01); H04L 63/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Assignment of directionality to interfaces, ports, receptacles, antennas and other input/output (I/O) employed by network devices to facilitate multi-device networking is contemplated. The directionality assignments may be used to facilitate assigning directionless and/or configurable router directionality in order to automatically, adaptively, dynamically or other otherwise facilitate inter-router connections within a multi-router network.