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Modem prioritization and registration

  • US 20090094381A1
  • Filed: 10/05/2007
  • Published: 04/09/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • a prioritizer to prioritize Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) requests received from a set of cable modems, the prioritizer being configured to;

    parse a DHCP request to identify a cable modem characteristic in the DHCP request; and

    assign a priority to the DHCP request based, at least in part, on the cable modem characteristic; and

    a flow control logic to control an order in which DHCP requests are provided to a DHCP server, where the order is priority based.

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