Method and apparatus for automated provisioning for customer premises transport equipment
AssigneeAT&T Corp.
InventorsCharles R. Kalmanek, Jr., Kadangode K. Ramakrishnan, Robert Duncan Doverspike, Miguel Rafael Martinez-Heath, David H. Yang
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for automated provisioning for customer premises transport equipment supporting both circuit and packet traffic.
Claims5
A method for automated provisioning of a customer premise-multi-service platform (CP-MSP) supporting both circuit and packet traffic in a multi-service network environment having at least one Packet Multi-Service Switch (P-MSS), comprising:
- initializing a transport connection between the CP-MSP to the at least one P-MSS;
- initializing at least one CP-MSP packet service functionality to at least one operation support system (OSS), wherein said initializing said at least one CP-MSP packet service functionality comprises:
- establishing an Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity to the at least one P-MSS by the CP-MSP;
- providing a bootstrap IP access service to the CP-MSP by the at least one P-MSS;
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- restricting CP-MSP communications to one or more OSS components;
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- provisioning the CP-MSP.
A method for automated provisioning of a customer premise-multi-service platform (CP-MSP) supporting both circuit and packet traffic in a multi-service network environment having at least one Packet Multi-Service Switch (P-MSS), comprising:
- initializing a transport connection between the CP-MSP to the at least one P-MSS;
- initializing at least one CP-MSP packet service functionality to at least one operation support system (OSS);
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- provisioning the CP-MSP, wherein said provisioning comprises:
- downloading a configuration file using a file download protocol, wherein said configuration file comprises information and parameters related to one or more CP-MSP service ports.
A method for automated provisioning of a customer premise-multi-service platform (CP-MSP) supporting both circuit and packet traffic in a multi-service network environment having at least one Packet Multi-Service Switch (P-MSS), comprising:
- initializing a transport connection between the CP-MSP to the at least one P-MSS;
- initializing at least one CP-MSP packet service functionality to at least one operation support system (OSS);
- provisioning the CP-MSP;
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- activating one or more services associated with said at least one CP-MSP packet service functionality, wherein said activating comprises:
- dynamically requesting the at least one P-MSS by the CP-MSP to set up Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) connections to a node or a service access point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.