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Patent Inventor Names
Henry Nguyen Tran0
Robert Douglas Kehn0
Melvin Joseph White, II0
Alice Shirley Filemyr0
Date of Patent
May 29, 2007
0Patent Application Number
110916770
Date Filed
March 28, 2005
0Patent Citations Received
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Patent abstract
A PLCS network element that provides communications to one or more user devices and may also repeat data for other network elements is provided. In one embodiment, the device includes software for discovering its upstream gateway, for acting as a gateway for other devices, and for relaying DHCP transmissions. In addition, the device includes software for receiving and processing commands from a remote computer system that may include commands enabling and disabling the repeater functionality. Finally, the device may also include software for receiving and processing configuration information that may include, for example, information of the other network devices for which it will repeat.
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