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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 27, 2011
Applicants:
Dwain E. Frieh, Oswego, IL (US);
Ruth A. Cloonan, Lisle, IL (US);
Dale Paney, Lombard, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/61 (2011.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); H04M 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/6118 (2013.01); H04L 12/2807 (2013.01); H04L 12/2898 (2013.01); H04L 41/08 (2013.01); H04M 11/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for enabling or disabling MTC mode operations for a plurality of CPE devices in a MAC domain are provided. A system operator can control enabling MTC mode operations for certain CPE devices capable of MTC mode operations in a MAC domain by setting a control attribute in a CMTS enabled for MTC mode operations for the MAC domain.