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US 2004/0071133 A1Published application
Intelligent PPPOE initialization
AssigneeGlobespanVirata, Inc.
InventorsJon A. Yusko, Kraig E. Haglund
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AssigneeGlobespanVirata, Inc.
InventorsJon A. Yusko, Kraig E. Haglund
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An exemplary mechanism for intelligent Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) initialization is disclosed herein. During the PPPoE discovery stage, a PPPoE client of a CPE determines the status of a connection between the CPE and an access concentrator prior to transmitting a PADI and/or PADR packet. If a physical layer connection is established, the PPPoE client can provide the packet to the physical interface for transmission to the access concentrator. If a physical layer connection is not established, the PPPoE client either periodically rechecks the status of the connection until a physical layer connection is established or the PPPoE can terminate the PPPoE discovery stage after a certain number of iterations. Additionally, prior to waiting for a PADO or PADS packet, the PPPoE client can be adapted to check the status of the connection. If a physical layer connection exists, the PPPoE client can initiate the wait for the packet. However, if a physical layer connection has not been established, the PPPoE client can either reattempt a previous step of the PPPoE discovery stage or terminate the PPPoE discovery stage.
A method for initializing a PPPoE session between a PPPoE client of a host and an access concentrator during a PPPoE discovery stage, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for initializing a PPPoE session between a PPPoE client of a host and an access concentrator during a PPPoE discovery stage, the method comprising the steps of:
In a customer premise access equipment (CPE) having a processor and a physical interface operably connected to the processor and to a transmission medium between the CPE and an access concentrator, a computer readable medium comprising a set of executable instructions adapted to manipulate the processor to:
A customer premise access equipment (CPE) comprising:
A communications processor for use in a customer premise access equipment (CPE), the CPE having a physical interface in electrical communication with a transmission medium between the CPE and an access concentrator, the processor comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.