CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT DEVICE-SPECIFIC ACCESS-LIMITING FOR A CABLE MODEM AND A CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENT DEVICE

摘要

A modem-configuration method that includes receiving, at a modemtermination server, a request for access from an unprovisioned modem, andprior to the modem termination server fully provisioning the modem, themodem termination server partially provisioning the modem to grant differentlevels of temporary access to the modem termination server for different typesof customer premise equipment serviced by the modem. A first level oftemporary access allows a first type of customer premise equipment to use themodem to temporarily access a resource offered by the modem terminationserver while the modem is awaiting full provisioning, and a second level oftemporary access does not allow a second type of customer premise equipmentto use the modem to access that resource offered by the modem terminationserver while the modem is awaiting full provisioning. This allows differentdevices to have different network restrictions or different walled gardens.