Method, apparatus, and system for acquiring configuration file

• US 10,673,692 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2016
• Issued: 06/02/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Liu, Geng, Shen, Chenghu
• Primary Examiner(s): Recek, Jason D
• Application Number:
  US15/239,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20160359662A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,385 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5076 Update or notification mechanisms, e.g. DynDNS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42676 for modulating an analogue carrier signal to encode digital information or demodulating it to decode digital information, e.g. ADSL or cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6118 involving cable transmission, e.g. using a cable modem
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6547 comprising parameters, e.g. for client setup

Abstract

A method, an apparatus, and a system for acquiring a configuration file in a data over cable service are provided. The system includes: a convergence device, a cable modem terminal system CMTS assembly, and a cable modem CM, where the convergence device is connected to the CM using the CMTS assembly. The convergence device may be configured to intercept a first DHCP response message sent by a DHCP server to the CM; acquire configuration file information of the CM from the first DHCP response message; send the configuration file information of the CM to the CMTS assembly; replace address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol TFTP server in the first DHCP response message with address information of the convergence device, to form a second DHCP response message; and send the second DHCP response message to the CM.

Claims

1. A data over cable service system, comprising:

a convergence device;

a cable modem terminal system (CMTS) assembly coupled to the convergence device; and

a cable modem (CM) coupled to the convergence device using the CMTS assembly,

wherein the convergence device is configured to;

intercept a first Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) response message from a DHCP server to the CM;

acquire configuration file information of the CM from the first DHCP response message;

send the configuration file information of the CM to the CMTS assembly;

replace address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server in the first DHCP response message with address information of the convergence device to generate a second DHCP response message; and

send the second DHCP response message to the CM,

wherein the CM is configured to send, to the convergence device, a TFTP request message for requesting to deliver a configuration file of the CM, and

wherein the CMTS assembly is configured to;

intercept the TFTP request message when a configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as a configuration file name in the configuration file information sent from the convergence device to the CMTS assembly, wherein the convergence device does not receive the TFTP request message when the CMTS assembly intercepts the TFTP request message from the CM;

request, using address information of the CM as a source address, the TFTP server corresponding to the address information of the TFTP server to deliver the configuration file of the CM;

receive, responsive to the request that includes the address information of the CM as the source address, the configuration file of the CM; and

send the configuration file to the CM such that the CM receives the configuration file from the CMTS assembly rather than from the convergence device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the CMTS assembly is further configured to send the configuration file to the CM in a form of a TFTP response message, and wherein the sent TFTP response message uses the address information of the convergence device as a source address.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the convergence device is an optical line terminal (OLT) and the CMTS assembly is a coaxial media converter (CMC).

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the convergence device is a main control board in a CMTS device and the CMTS assembly is a service board in the CMTS device.

5. A method for acquiring a configuration file in a data over cable service, the method comprising:

acquiring, by a cable modem terminal system (CMTS) assembly from a convergence device, configuration file information of a configuration file of a cable modem (CM), wherein the configuration file information including first address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server;

intercepting, by the CMTS assembly, a TFTP request message from the CM to the convergence device when a configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as a configuration file name in the configuration file information from the convergence device, wherein the convergence device does not receive the TFTP request message when the CMTS assembly intercepts the TFTP request message from the CM;

requesting, by the CMTS assembly using the first address information included in the configuration file information from the convergence device and using second address information of the CM as a source address, the TFTP server to deliver the configuration file of the CM;

receiving, by the CMTS assembly and responsive to the request that includes the address information of the CM as the source address, the configuration file of the CM from the TFTP server; and

sending, by the CMTS assembly rather than the convergence device, the configuration file to the CM.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein sending, by the CMTS assembly, the delivered configuration file to the CM comprises sending, by the CMTS assembly, a TFTP response message carrying the configuration file to the CM, wherein the TFTP response message uses address information of the convergence device as a source address.

7. A cable modem terminal system (CMTS) assembly, comprising:

a first network side interface configured to acquire, from a convergence device, configuration file information of a configuration file of a cable modem (CM), wherein the configuration file information includes first address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server;

a first user side interface configured to intercept a TFTP request message from the CM to the convergence device, wherein the TFTP request message requests the convergence device to deliver the configuration file to the CM;

a processor coupled to the first network side interface and the first user side interface and configured to determine whether a configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as a configuration file name in the configuration file information from the convergence device;

a second network side interface coupled to the processor and configured to request, using the first address information included in the configuration file information from the convergence device and using second address information of the CM as a source address, the TFTP server to deliver the configuration file of the CM when the configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as the configuration file name in the configuration file information from the convergence device, wherein the second network side interface is configured to receive, responsive to the request that includes the address information of the CM as the source address, the configuration file of the CM; and

a second user side interface coupled to the processor and configured to send the configuration file to the CM such that the CM receives the configuration file from the CMTS assembly rather than from the convergence device.

8. The CMTS assembly of claim 7, wherein the CMTS assembly is a coaxial media converter (CMC) or a service board in a CMTS device.

9. A system, comprising:

a coaxial media converter (CMC); and

an optical line terminal (OLT) coupled to the CMC and comprising;

a receiver configured to;

receive a first Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) response message from a DHCP server, the first DHCP response message including address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server; and

acquire configuration file information of a configuration file of a cable modem (CM) from the first DHCP response message;

a transmitter configured to send the configuration file information to the CMC; and

a processor coupled to the receiver and the transmitter and configured to;

replace the address information of the TFTP server in the first DHCP response message with address information of the OLT to generate a second DHCP response message; and

send the second DHCP response message to the CM using the transmitter,

wherein the CMC is configured to;

intercept a TFTP request message from the CM to the OLT when a configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as a configuration file name in the configuration file information sent by the convergence device, wherein the OLT does not receive the TFTP request message when the CMC intercepts the TFTP request message from the CM;

request, using address information of the CM as a source address, the TFTP server corresponding to the address information of the TFTP server to deliver the configuration file of the CM;

receive, responsive to the request that includes the address information of the CM as the source address, the configuration file of the CM; and

send the configuration file to the CM.

10. A cable modem terminal system (CMTS) assembly, comprising:

a first data transceiver;

a second data transceivers; and

a processor separately coupled to the first data transceiver and the second data transceiver,

wherein the first data transceiver is coupled to a convergence device and configured to acquire configuration file information of a cable modem (CM) from the convergence device, wherein the configuration file information includes first address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server,

wherein the second data transceiver is configured to intercept a TFTP request message from the CM that requests the convergence device to deliver a configuration file of the CM, and

wherein the processor is configured to;

determine whether a configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as a configuration file name in the configuration file information from the convergence device;

control the first data transceiver to request, using the first address information included in the configuration file information from the convergence device and using second address information of the CM as a source address, the TFTP server to deliver the configuration file of the CM when the configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as the configuration file name in the configuration file sent by the convergence device;

receive, responsive to the request that includes the address information of the CM as the source address, the configuration file of the CM; and

control the second data transceiver to send the delivered-configuration file to the CM such that the CM receives the configuration file from the CMTS assembly rather than from the convergence device.

11. The CMTS assembly of claim 10, wherein the CMTS assembly is a coaxial media converter (CMC) or a service board in a CMTS device.

12. A cable modem terminal system (CMTS), comprising:

a CMTS assembly; and

a convergence device coupled to the CMTS assembly and configured to;

receive a first Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) response message from a DHCP server;

acquire configuration file information of a configuration file of a cable modem (CM) from the first DHCP response message, wherein the configuration file information includes first address information of a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server;

send the configuration file information of the CM to the CMTS assembly;

replace the first address information of the TFTP server in the first DHCP response message with address information of the convergence device to generate a second DHCP response message; and

send the second DHCP response message to the CM,

wherein the CMTS assembly is configured to;

acquire, from the convergence device, the configuration file information of the configuration file of the CM;

intercept a TFTP request message from the CM to the convergence device, wherein the convergence device does not receive the TFTP request message when the CMTS assembly intercepts the TFTP request message from the CM;

determine whether a configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as a configuration file name in the configuration file information from the convergence device;

request, using the first address information included in the configuration file information from the convergence device and using second address information of the CM as a source address, a corresponding TFTP server to deliver the configuration file of the CM when the configuration file name in the TFTP request message is the same as the configuration file name in the configuration file information from the convergence device;

receive, responsive to the request that includes the address information of the CM as the source address, the configuration file of the CM; and

send the configuration file to the CM.

13. The CMTS of claim 12, wherein the convergence device is an optical line terminal (OLT) or a main control board.