Patent ID: 9246701
Filing Date: 2016-01-26
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N,Y04S

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: receiving at a Converged Cable Access Platform (CCAP) access point having a network interface and a coaxial interface, a Generic Control Protocol (GCP) message comprising control plane information from a modular Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) via the network interface, wherein the control plane information is designed to configure the CCAP access point to enable communication over the network interface and the coaxial interface; running, based on the information in the GCP message, a GCP procedure in order to configure one or more software and/or hardware parameters in the CCAP access point for exchanging data via the network interface and the coaxial interface; receiving at the CCAP access point, data plane information from the CMTS based on the one or more software and/or hardware parameters for the network interface; transmitting the data plane information via the coaxial interface to one or more termination devices based on the one or more software and/or hardware parameters for the coaxial interface; and establishing layer 3 tunnels between the CCAP access point and the CMTS to support pseudowires for a Downstream External-physical (PHY) Interface (DEPI), an Upstream External-PHY interface (UEPI), and a GCP interface.