Patent Document ID: 8239907
Application ID: 12148140

Base Claim:
1. A method of expanding DOCSIS into an alternative access network, comprising: deploying a protocol adaptation layer in access equipment to translate DOCSIS control messages to corresponding messages for use in the alternative access network; and translating DOCSIS control messages to corresponding messages for use in the alternative access network, the protocol adaptation layer being a DOCSIS-AMTS (Access Modem Termination System) adaptation layer, the translating including AMTS DOCSIS-to-access protocol translation and AMTS access-to-DOCSIS protocol translation in the DOCSIS-AMTS adaptation layer being located in an access-modem termination system stack above at least an access MAC layer.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the alternative access network is heterogeneous.