Patent ID: 7680061
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying which signals provided by a head-end are accessible to a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a subscriber in a hybrid fiber coaxial network, the method comprising: obtaining, by a heuristics engine, a partial list of signals accessible to the CPE; and applying one or more heuristic rules on the partial list of accessible signals in order to generate a complete list of signals accessible to the CPE; wherein obtaining, by a heuristics engine, the partial list of accessible signals comprises: discovering signal information regarding a subset of the signals which are accessible to the CPE; using the discovered signal information to obtain a signal identification of at least one signal accessible to the CPE; and generating the partial list of accessible signals based on the obtained signal identification of the at least one signal accessible to the CPE.