System and method to identify devices employing point-to-point-over ethernet encapsulation
AssigneeAT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsKenneth Roger Jones, Brian Gonsalves
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Abstract
A method may include transmitting, during a point-to-point over Ethernet (PPPoE) discovery stage, a PPPoE active discovery (PAD) packet from a customer premises equipment (CPE) device to an access concentrator. The PAD packet may include a tag that is associated with a device type of the CPE device. The method may include receiving a PPPoE active discovery session (PADS) confirmation packet from the access concentrator. The PADS confirmation packet may be associated with conclusion of the PPPoE discovery stage and establishment of an Ethernet communication session between the CPE device and the access concentrator.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- transmitting, during a point-to-point over Ethernet discovery stage, a point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet from a customer premises equipment device to an access concentrator, wherein the point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet includes a tag that identifies a customer premises equipment device type of the customer premises equipment device;
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- receiving a point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery session confirmation packet from the access concentrator, wherein the point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery session confirmation packet is associated with conclusion of the point-to-point over Ethernet discovery stage and establishment of an Ethernet communication session between the customer premises equipment device and the access concentrator.
A method comprising:
- receiving, during a point-to-point over Ethernet discovery stage, a point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet from a customer premises equipment device, wherein the point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet includes a tag that identifies a customer premises equipment device type of the customer premises equipment device;
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- identifying the customer premises equipment device type based on the tag included in the point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet.
A system comprising:
- a database adapted to store a plurality of predefined device identifier codes, wherein each predefined device identifier code of the plurality of device identifier codes is associated with a particular customer premises equipment device type;
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- an access concentrator communicatively coupled to the database, wherein the access concentrator is adapted to:
- receive, during a point-to-point over Ethernet discovery stage, a point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet from a customer premises equipment device, wherein the point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet includes a tag that identifies a customer premises equipment device type of the customer premises equipment device;
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- access the database to identify the customer premises equipment device type of the customer premises equipment device based on the tag included in the point-to-point over Ethernet active discovery packet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.