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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2015
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Marco C. Centemeri, Rho, IT;
Luis Lopez, Oleiros, ES;
Anand Oswal, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Steve Wood, Ottawa, CA;
William Wan, Wanchai, HK;
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 88/16 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/16 (2009.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04W 92/02 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04W 48/16 (2013.01); H04W 76/022 (2013.01); H04W 76/021 (2013.01); H04W 88/16 (2013.01); H04W 92/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method is provided in one example embodiment and includes receiving a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) discovery signal at a wireless network element from a customer premise equipment; requesting that a data session be established at a gateway; receiving an Internet protocol (IP) address; and communicating the IP address to the customer premise equipment.