US Patent Issued to Comcast Cable Communications on Sept. 23 for "Network admission control" (Virginia, Georgia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,425,953, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Comcast Cable Communications LLC (Philadelphia).

"Network admission control" was invented by Thomas William Lynn Jr. (Berryville, Va.), Phillip A. Sanderson (Mt. Laurel, N.J.), Joseph Attanasio (Philadelphia), Yash Lachmandas Khemani (Falls Church, Va.) and James H. Davey (Jasper, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for managing a network are disclosed. One method can comprise determining a first modulation rate associated with a network device. A beacon can be transmitted at a second modulation rate, wherein the second modulation rate is greater than the first modulation r...