System and method for efficient addition of network resources
US7414984B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 27, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 19, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 15, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L65/612
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for efficiently adding a new network resource to a digital video network, without the need to purchase costly ancillary network hardware or extensive manual configuration, is disclosed. The inventive system and method provide for a loop-through for adding new resources to a digital video network. The present invention provides for the resources to be daisy chained from the network switch, where each resource is configured simply as either a loop-through (“LT”) resource or the “last” resource in the daisy chain. Then, only upstream traffic with Media Access Control (“MAC”) addresses of upstream LT resources are transmitted out of the loop-through by the last network resource.
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