System and method of provisioning subscriber services in a communication network

Abstract

The present invention provides a method of provisioning communication service attributes for a subscriber accessing a node in communication network. In an embodiment, the method comprises: (i) creating a profile of said communication service attributes, each of said attributes being assigned a value; and (ii) selectively associating said profile with a particular subscriber for access to said communication network. In another embodiment, the profile of said communication service attributes is embodied in a subscriber service provisioning profile for storing shared subscriber service attributes that are common to a plurality of subscribers in a class; and the subscriber accesses the communication network through a subscriber service, the subscriber service being associated with the subscriber service provisioning profile.

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