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

Claim 10:
11. A method for operating a termination device of an access communication network, the method comprising:
determining that the termination device is unable to establish a communication connection with an external network resource via a first communication interface of the termination device;
in response to determining that the termination device is unable to establish a communication connection with the external network resource via the first communication interface, establishing a communication connection with the external network resource via a second communication interface of the termination device; and
communicating with the external resource via the second communication interface to facilitate establishing a communication connection with the external network resource via the first communication interface;
wherein communicating with the external resource via the second communication interface comprises receiving an operating system image for the termination device from the external network resource via the second communication interface.