US Patent Issued to Juniper Networks on April 8 for "Broadband network gateway (BNG) as dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,273,318, issued on April 8, was assigned to Juniper Networks Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).

"Broadband network gateway (BNG) as dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server" was invented by Kiran Kumar K (Bangalore, India) and Venkatesh Padebettu (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some implementations, a broadband network gateway (BNG) may receive, from a customer premises equipment, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) discover request, wherein the BNG is connected to the customer premises equipment and a fixed mobile interworking function (FMIF). The BNG may communicate with, based on the DHCP discover request,...