Description: Current MTA connectivity state, as specified in the RF Interface Specification. Returned status information is the CM status as assumed by the CMTS, and indicates the following events: other(1) Any state other than below. ranging(2) The CMTS has received an Initial Ranging Request message from the CM, and the ranging process is not yet complete. rangingAborted(3) The CMTS has sent a Ranging Abort message to the CM. rangingComplete(4) The CMTS has sent a Ranging Complete message to the CM. ipComplete(5) The CMTS has received a DHCP reply message and forwarded it to the CM. registrationComplete(6) The CMTS has sent a Registration Response message to the CM. accessDenied(7) The CMTS has sent a Registration Aborted message to the CM. operational(8) -- deprecated value If Baseline Privacy is enabled for the CM, the CMTS has completed Baseline Privacy initialization. If Baseline Privacy is not enabled, equivalent to registrationComplete. registeredBPIInitializing(9) Baseline Privacy is enabled, CMTS is in the process of completing the Baseline Privacy initialization. This state can last for a significant time in the case of failures during The process. After Baseline Privacy initialization Complete, the CMTS will report back the value registrationComplete(6).

The CMTS only needs to report states it is able to detect.