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Method for network address table maintenance in a data-over-cable system using a network device registration procedure

  • US 6,654,387 B1
  • Filed: 05/21/1999
  • Issued: 11/25/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a data-over-cable system, a method of network address maintenance, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving a first message including a first network address from a second network device on a first network device, wherein the first message includes information for communicating with the second network device in said data-over-cable system;

    storing the first network address in a network address table associated with the first network device;

    associating a time value with the first network address; and

    determining whether a second message is received from the second network device within the time value, and if not, deleting the first network address from the network address table;

    wherein the second message includes identification information from the first message to identify the second network device on the first network device.

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