Patent ID: 11947403
Assignee: CABLE TELEVISION LABORATORIES, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method for operating a termination device of an access communication network, the method comprising:
performing, at the termination device, a first start-up procedure, the first start-up procedure including loading a first portion of an operating system of the termination device;
after performing the first start-up procedure, detecting, at the termination device, presence of a communication signal meeting one or more predetermined criteria; and
in response to detecting presence of the communication signal meeting the one or more predetermined criteria, performing, at the termination device, a second start-up procedure that is different from the first start-up procedure, the second start-up procedure including loading a second portion of the operating system of the termination device.