Recovering lost device information in cable networks
US10027622B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 31, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 17, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2101/659
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In one embodiment, methods are described for recovering lost customer premises equipment (CPE) information on a cable modem termination system (CMTS) in the presence of only Dynamic Host Control Protocol Version 6 (DHCPv6) CONFIRM. A CMTS purges routing information for an Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) node, such as a CPE router, in response to detecting an interface reset for the IPv6 node. IPv6 addresses and prefixes information for the IPv6 node is gleaned from a DHCPv6 CONFIRM message received from the IPv6 node. By sending portions of the IPv6 addresses and prefixes information within a DHCPv6 LEASEQUERY message, a DHCPv6 CONFIRM message with an embedded DHCPv6 LEASEQUERY message, or a DHCPv6 CONFIRM message with an Interface-ID option, a reply message can be received that contains the purged routing information for the IPv6 node.
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