Client driven network configuration
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorCameron Byrne
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Abstract
A network device includes a housing, a plurality of ports mounted to the housing, at least one switch mounted to the housing and configured to provide switchable connections between ports in the plurality of ports, and a processing system. Each port has a physical port type, and each port is configured to connect to a type of network cable supported by the physical port type. The processing system is configured to determine, at least partly from a set of network packets received via a port of the plurality of ports, a set of parameters of a client device. The processing system is further configured to align a network configuration used for the client device with the set of parameters of the client device.
Claims19
A network device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of ports mounted to the housing, each port having a physical port type, and each port configured to connect to a type of network cable supported by the physical port type;
- at least one switch mounted to the housing and configured to provide switchable connections between ports in the plurality of ports;
- and
- a set of one or more processors configured to,
- determine, at least partly from a set of network packets received via a port of the plurality of ports, a set of parameters of a client device, the set of parameters including,
- the physical port type of the port via which the set of network packets is received;
- the type of network cable connected to the port and sensed by the network device;
- and
- an Internet Protocol (IP) address included in a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) request of the client device, the DHCP request included in the set of network packets;
- and
- align a network configuration used for the client device with the set of parameters of the client device.
A network device, comprising:
- a plurality of physical ports;
- and
- a processor configured to,
- receive, via a physical port in the plurality of physical ports, a set of communications from a client device connected to the physical port;
- determine, at least in part from the set of communications, a set of parameters of the client device, the set of parameters including at least one of a physical port type of the physical port or a type of cable connected to the physical port;
- and
- align a network configuration used for the client device with the set of parameters of the client device.
A method of aligning a network configuration to a set of parameters of a client device, comprising:
- receiving from the client device, through a physical port of a network device, a set of communications transmitted by the client device;
- determining, at least in part from the set of communications, the set of parameters of the set of communications, the set of parameters including at least one of a physical port type of the physical port or a type of cable connected to the physical port;
- and
- aligning the network configuration with the set of parameters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.