Patent ID: 9191461
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of performing a software upgrade in a MoCA (Multimedia Over Coax Alliance) network, comprising: a) receiving an image of a software upgrade at a server, the image being provided by a service provider external to a closed network portion of the MoCA network; and b) sending the image in the MoCA network using an L2ME (Layer-2 Management Entity) message channel to a layer-2-specific client in the closed network portion of the MoCA network that is enabled to receive the image, store the image in a layer-2-specific client memory, and switch to the image to complete performance of the software upgrade, wherein the layer-2-specific client in the closed network portion of the MoCA network is not a part of an Ethernet service or a TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol) telnet service to the service provider, and wherein at least one L2ME message sent on the L2ME message channel includes a message type indication which specifies that the L2ME message relates to a software upgrade.