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Method of identifying a home gateway using network traffic sniffing and apparatus employing the same

  • US 7,505,464 B2
  • Filed: 08/30/2005
  • Issued: 03/17/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A customer premises equipment (CPE) apparatus, comprising:

  • a first communications unit configured to receive an inbound message packet from a first communications channel, the inbound packet including a destination address;

    a second communications unit configured to send an outbound message packet on a second communications channel;

    a processing unit configured to generate the outbound packet from the inbound packet, the outbound packet being modified to include a CPE device identifier if the destination address matches a predetermined registration server address; and

    a memory unit configured to store a registration server flag value configured to indicate whether the CPE device identifier was sent in a previous outbound packet to the registration server, the outbound packet being modified to include a CPE device identifier if the registration server flag value indicates the CPE device identifier was not previously sent.

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