Patent ID: 11909832
Assignee: CSC HOLDINGS, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A subscriber device within a point-to-multipoint communication system having a service provider system, the subscriber device comprising:
physical layer (PHY) circuitry having a first PHY device, from among a plurality of PHY devices, that is configured to be compliant with a first communication standard or protocol and a second PHY device, from among the plurality of PHY devices, that is configured to be compliant with a second communication standard or protocol; and
processor circuitry configured to:
select the first PHY device to scan for a service provider identification signal, the service provider identification signal including information,
recover the information from the service provider identification signal,
continue to scan for the service provider identification signal with the first PHY device in response to the information not matching previously stored information identifying the service provider system, and
receive subscriber device configuration information that identifies a first type of information that is to be transferred between the subscriber device and the service provider system utilizing the first PHY device and a second type of information that is to be transferred between the subscriber device and the service provider system utilizing the second PHY device in response to the information matching the previously stored information identifying the service provider system.