Patent ID: 9479440
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. An IPv4/IPv6 CPE limit enforcement modem device, comprising: a network interface operable to receive an incoming signal from a CPE device, wherein the incoming signal comprises a data packet; a processor module operable to: provide an enforcement policy based on the internet protocol version; and wherein the enforcement policy limits the number of CPE devices based upon the determined internet protocol version by preventing the output of the data packet from the modem device when a predetermined threshold associated with the allowed number of CPE devices of the same internet protocol version as the determined internet protocol version has been exceeded, the predetermined threshold being one of a threshold associated with the first internet protocol version or a threshold associated with the second internet protocol version, wherein the threshold associated with the first internet protocol version is different than the threshold associated with the second internet protocol version.