Selective reestablishment of cable modem internet protocol connectivity
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- initially establishing Internet Protocol connectivity between a cable modem and a cable modem termination system through execution of a plurality of connectivity steps;
when Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system is lost, evaluating, at the cable modem, information received by the cable modem during the initial establishment of Internet Protocol connectivity to determine whether any of the received information may be used for future operations;
determining, at the cable modem based on the evaluating, to reuse an Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and to skip a connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address;
determining selected one or more of the plurality of connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity of the cable modem;
sending a message from the cable modem to the cable modem termination system, wherein the message is encoded to indicate that the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped and to identify the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address determined by the cable modem for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity;
receiving, from the cable modem termination system, a message indicating whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity; and
reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system using the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address.
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Abstract
Techniques are generally directed to selective reestablishment of Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity between a cable modem and a cable modem termination system (CMTS). IP connectivity between the cable modem and the CMTS is initially established through execution of a plurality of connectivity steps. After IP connectivity is lost, the cable modem determines which of the plurality of connectivity steps are desired for use in reestablishing IP connectivity, and sends a message to the CMTS indicating the desired IP connectivity step. The CMTS determines if the desired connectivity steps identified in the message may be used to reestablish IP connectivity, and sends a response message to the cable modem indicating if the desired connectivity steps may be used. IP connectivity is then reestablished using at least the desired connectivity steps.
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28 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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initially establishing Internet Protocol connectivity between a cable modem and a cable modem termination system through execution of a plurality of connectivity steps; when Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system is lost, evaluating, at the cable modem, information received by the cable modem during the initial establishment of Internet Protocol connectivity to determine whether any of the received information may be used for future operations; determining, at the cable modem based on the evaluating, to reuse an Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and to skip a connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address; determining selected one or more of the plurality of connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity of the cable modem; sending a message from the cable modem to the cable modem termination system, wherein the message is encoded to indicate that the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped and to identify the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address determined by the cable modem for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity; receiving, from the cable modem termination system, a message indicating whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity; and reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system using the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address. - 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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initially establishing Internet Protocol connectivity between a cable modem and a cable modem termination system through execution of a plurality of connectivity steps; when Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system is lost, receiving a message from the cable modem, wherein the message is encoded to indicate that the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped and to identify selected one or more of the plurality of connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity, wherein the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address were identified by the cable modem by evaluating information received by the cable modem during the initial establishment of Internet Protocol connectivity to determine that the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity is to be re-used and a connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped for reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system; determining whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used to reestablish Internet Protocol connectivity; sending a message to the cable modem indicating whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity; and reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system using the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one radio-frequency (RF) interface; at least one network interface; a memory; and a processor that; initially establishes Internet Protocol connectivity with a cable modem termination system through execution of a plurality of connectivity steps, when Internet Protocol connectivity with the cable modem termination system is lost, evaluates information received during the initial establishment of Internet Protocol connectivity to determine whether any of the received information may be used for future operations; determines to reuse an Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and to skip a connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address; determines selected one or more of the plurality of connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity with the cable modem termination system, causes a message to be sent to the cable modem termination system, wherein the message is encoded to indicate that the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped and to identify the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity, receives, from the cable modem termination system, a message indicating whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity, and reestablishes Internet Protocol connectivity with the cable modem termination system using the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one radio-frequency (RF) interface; at least one network interface; a memory; and a processor that; initially establishes Internet Protocol connectivity between a cable modem and a cable modem termination system through execution of a plurality of connectivity steps, when Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system is lost, receives a message from the cable modem indicating that the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped and identifying selected one or more of the plurality of connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address for use in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity, wherein the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address were identified by evaluating information received by the cable modem during the initial establishment of Internet Protocol connectivity to determine that the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity is to be re-used and a connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address is to be skipped for re-establishing Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system, determines whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used to reestablish Internet Protocol connectivity, causes a message to be sent to the cable modem indicating whether the connectivity step of acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be skipped and that the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address may be used in reestablishing Internet Protocol connectivity; and reestablishes Internet Protocol connectivity between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system using the Internet Protocol address obtained when initially establishing the Internet Protocol connectivity and the selected one or more connectivity steps other than acquisition of the Internet Protocol address. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28)
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