Patent ID: 11916747
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for automatic discovery of a communication network including a hub, a plurality of termination devices, and a plurality of network elements, the method comprising:
associating respective geographic information with each termination device;
determining a respective distance of each termination device from the hub;
grouping, at least partially based on diagnostic information from the communication network, two or more of the plurality of termination devices sharing a common characteristic;
determining a topology of the communication network at least partially based on (a) the respective geographic information associated with each termination device, (b) the respective distance of each termination device from the hub, and (c) an indication from the grouping of two or more of the plurality of termination devices sharing the common characteristic that the two or more of the plurality of termination devices are in a common portion of the communication network; and
determining a respective characteristic of at least one network element of the plurality of network elements.