US 9,438,469 B2 · Auto-configuration server and management method of customer premises equipments

Abstract

An auto-configuration server (ACS) and a management method of customer premises equipments (CPEs) thereof are provided, and the ACS includes a sub server communication module and a group management module. When an online message is received from a new CPE, the management method includes performing an extension procedure including the following steps. A health value of the ACS is calculated. When the health value of the ACS is less than or equal to a health threshold, a new group and a sub server corresponding to the new group are added and the new CPE is managed by the sub server corresponding to the new group.

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Dependent claims

A management method of customer premises equipment (CPEs), adapted to manage a plurality of online CPEs via an auto-configuration server (ACS), and comprising steps of:

performing an extension procedure when the ACS receives an online message from a new CPE, wherein the extension procedure comprises:
calculating a health value of the ACS;
and
performing the following steps when the health value of the ACS is less than or equal to a health threshold:
adding a new group of CPEs and a sub server which corresponds to the new group of CPEs;
and
managing the new CPE via the sub server corresponding to the new group of CPEs.

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An auto-configuration server (ACS) for managing a plurality of online customer premises equipments (CPEs), comprising:

A hardware processor functioning as a group management module, configured to perform an extension procedure when the ACS receives an online message from a new CPE, and to perform the following steps in the extension procedure:
calculating a health value of the ACS;
and
performing the following steps when the health value of the ACS is less than or equal to a health threshold:
adding a new group of CPEs and a sub server corresponding to the new group of CPEs;
and
managing the new CPE via the sub server corresponding to the new group of CPEs.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/073,285Filed 6 Nov 2013

Priority

TW 102100018 A2 Jan 2013

Published

US 2014/0189101 A13 Jul 2014

Granted

6 Sep 2016

Term ends

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Classification6 codes

H04L 41/044
Network management architectures or arrangements: comprising hierarchical management structures
H04L 41/0886
Aspects of the degree of configuration automation: fully automatic configuration
H04L 41/32
Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks: specific management…
H04L 43/0817
By checking availability: by checking functioning

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Abstract

Claims38