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

Claim 7:
8. A method for discovering a service provider identification signal within a point-to-multipoint communication system having a service provider system, the method comprising:
selecting, by a subscriber device within the point-to-multipoint communication system, a first physical layer (PHY) device, from among a plurality of PHY devices, that is compliant with a first communication standard or protocol to scan for the service provider identification signal, the service provider identification signal including information;
recovering, by the subscriber device, the information from the service provider identification signal;
continuing, by the subscriber device, 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
receiving, by the subscriber device, 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 a second PHY device, from among the plurality of PHY devices, that is compliant with a second communication standard or protocol in response to the information matching the previously stored information identifying the service provider system.