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US 2013/0086233 A1Published application
Dynamic modification of a subscriber connection
AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsTHOMAS M. STONER, PETER ARBERG, MANPREET BAL
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Abstract
In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving a request to modify a subscriber connection to a network element. The method also includes modifying attributes of the subscriber connection, within a memory of the network element, without disconnecting the subscriber connection from the network element.
Claims19
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to modify a subscriber connection to a network element;
- and
- modifying attributes of the subscriber connection, within a memory of the network element, without disconnecting the subscriber connection from the network element.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory to store an attribute of a subscriber connection between a computing device and a network;
- a forwarding engine coupled to the memory, the forwarding engine to modify the attribute of the subscriber connection, while the subscriber connection is active, without disconnecting the subscriber connection.
A network element comprising:
- a traffic card coupled to connect a computing device and a network through a subscriber connection;
- and
- a forwarding card coupled to the traffic card, wherein the forwarding card is to store a number of attributes for the subscriber connection, the forwarding card to include a forwarding engine, the forwarding engine to modify one of the number of attributes for the subscriber connection, while the subscriber connection is active, without disconnecting the subscriber connection between the computing device and the network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.