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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:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 25, 2014
Applicant:

Comcast Cable Communications, Llc, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Inventors:

Thomas William Lynn, Jr., Berryville, VA (US);

Phillip A. Sanderson, Mt. Laurel, NJ (US);

Joseph Attanasio, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Yash Lachmandas Khemani, Falls Church, VA (US);

James H. Davey, Jasper, GA (US);

Assignee:

COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2009.01); H04W 52/28 (2009.01); H04W 72/04 (2009.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 48/02 (2013.01); H04L 1/0001 (2013.01); H04L 1/0003 (2013.01); H04L 5/0069 (2013.01); H04L 5/0092 (2013.01); H04W 52/28 (2013.01); H04W 72/048 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining a first modulation rate associated with a network device. A beacon can be transmitted at a second modulation rate, wherein the second modulation rate is greater than the first modulation rate. A user device can be associated with the network device based on the beacon if the user device is configured to support the second modulation rate.


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