DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATION AMONG CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT DEVICES
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a gateway communicatively coupled between a network and a plurality of user devices, wherein the gateway is configured to;
(i) receive information from the network, the information comprising first configuration information for communications between the gateway and the network, and second configuration information for user device-to-user device communications;
(ii) configure itself for communication with the network according to the first configuration information; and
(iii) forward the second configuration information to one or more of the plurality of user devices, andwherein at least one of the user devices is configured to receive the second configuration information, wherein the gateway comprises at least one of the user devices, andwherein at least two of the user devices are configured to receive at least part of the second configuration information, and to configure themselves for device-to-device communication accordingly.
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Abstract
A method of initializing, provisioning, and managing a cable modem and a customer premise equipment device includes sending a customized configuration file to the cable modem. The configuration file contains service provisioning information and further includes information indicative of a device-to-device communication configuration. A message is passed from the cable modem to the customer premise equipment device indicative of the device-to-device communication configuration. The customer premise equipment device is initialized for device-to-device communication with any other customer premise equipment devices in accordance with the device-to-device communication configuration indicated in the message, which relates to physical layer and data link layer communications among customer premise equipment devices. In this way, the customer premise equipment device knows how to communicate with other customer premise equipment devices, for example, at the same subscriber location.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a gateway communicatively coupled between a network and a plurality of user devices, wherein the gateway is configured to; (i) receive information from the network, the information comprising first configuration information for communications between the gateway and the network, and second configuration information for user device-to-user device communications; (ii) configure itself for communication with the network according to the first configuration information; and (iii) forward the second configuration information to one or more of the plurality of user devices, and wherein at least one of the user devices is configured to receive the second configuration information, wherein the gateway comprises at least one of the user devices, and wherein at least two of the user devices are configured to receive at least part of the second configuration information, and to configure themselves for device-to-device communication accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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configuring a gateway for communication with a network according to first configuration information; and forwarding second configuration information from the gateway to a plurality of user devices, wherein at least one of the user devices is configured to receive the forwarded second configuration information, wherein the at least one of the user devices is included within the gateway, and wherein at least two of the user devices are configured to receive at least part of the forwarded second configuration information, and to configure themselves for device-to-device communication accordingly. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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a gateway, wherein the gateway is configured to communicate with a network according to first configuration information, and wherein the gateway is configured to forward second configuration information to a user device to configure the user device for device-to-device communication with a second user device. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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