Edge QAM device configuration using a configuration file having a dynamic file format
AssigneeComcast Cable Holdings, LLC
InventorsPak Siripunkaw, Robert Gaydos
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Abstract
A method of configuring an edge device in a network wherein a transport network interfaces with edge devices that interface with client devices involves a configuration file in a dynamic file format. The edge device is configured by downloading the configuration file to the edge device. The method comprises connecting the edge device to the network, downloading the configuration file to the edge device, and configuring the edge device. The configuration file is in a dynamic file format and contains configuration information for the edge device including information relating to at least one edge device input and information relating to at least one radio frequency output.
Claims21
A method of configuring an edge device in a network, the method comprising:
- providing, by an edge device, an identification of an edge device type to a network server;
- receiving, at the edge device, data identifying a configuration file from the network server, the data being based on the edge device type provided to the network server;
- downloading, by the edge device, the configuration file based on the data identifying the configuration file received from the network server;
- configuring the edge device in accordance with the configuration file;
- and
- wherein the configuration file is in a dynamic file format and contains configuration information for the edge device including information relating to at least one edge device input and information relating to at least one radio frequency output.
A method of configuring an edge device in a network, the method comprising:
- providing, by an edge device, an identification of an edge device type to a server of the network;
- receiving, at the edge device, data identifying a configuration file from the server of the network, the data being based on the edge device type provided to the server of the network;
- downloading, by the edge device, the configuration file based on the data identifying the configuration file received from the server of the network;
- configuring the edge device in accordance with the configuration file;
- and
- wherein the configuration file is in a dynamic file format and contains configuration information for the edge device including information relating to at least one edge device input, information relating to network management to allow monitoring of the edge device, information relating to at least one vendor specific setting, and information relating to quadrature amplitude modulation of at least one radio frequency output.
An apparatus for use in a network, the apparatus comprising:
- an edge device connected to the network, the edge device being configured to:
- provide an identification of an edge device type to the network;
- receive data identifying a configuration file from the network, the data being based on the edge device type provided to the network;
- download the configuration file based on the data identifying the configuration file received from the network;
- and
- configure itself according to the configuration file,
- wherein the configuration file is in a dynamic format and contains configuration information for the edge device including information relating to at least one edge device input and information relating to at least one radio frequency output.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.