Provisioning system and method for auto-discovering customer premises equipment in activating xDSL
First Claim
1. A method for activating service in a VDSL-based broadband communication network, the network comprising a plurality of loops where each loop includes a source terminus and a destination terminus, wherein each of the source termini are coupled to a computer system, wherein the computer system is coupled to a database having a data structure to store data, the method comprising:
- associating a user to content subscribed by the user;
assigning at least one of the plurality of loops to the user;
coupling a user device to the destination terminus of the at least one loop;
determining a path associated with the coupled user device; and
matching the path with the content subscribed by the user.
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Abstract
The present invention provides for provisioning broadband services using a VDSL-based communication network. The present invention includes a system architecture and method for automatically activating VDSL service by self-discovering customer premises equipment, such as a residential gateway, by determining the loop associated with a user and the subscribed content to be delivered to the user.
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14 Claims
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1. A method for activating service in a VDSL-based broadband communication network, the network comprising a plurality of loops where each loop includes a source terminus and a destination terminus, wherein each of the source termini are coupled to a computer system, wherein the computer system is coupled to a database having a data structure to store data, the method comprising:
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associating a user to content subscribed by the user;
assigning at least one of the plurality of loops to the user;
coupling a user device to the destination terminus of the at least one loop;
determining a path associated with the coupled user device; and
matching the path with the content subscribed by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for activating service in a VDSL-based broadband communication network, the network comprising a plurality of loops where each loop is coupled from a VDSL provider office to a customer location, wherein each of the plurality of loops have a first loop end and a second loop end, wherein the first loop end is coupled to a computer system at the VDSL provider office, wherein the computer system is coupled to a content database and a network services database, the method comprising:
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associating content subscribed by a user to the user by storing content information in the database, where the content information is data representing a user'"'"'s subscribed content and is associated with the user;
assigning to the user a port and a card associated with at least one of the plurality of loops;
coupling a residential gateway to the second loop end at the customer location of the at least one loop;
determining the port and the card associated with the coupled residential gateway; and
matching the port and the card with the content subscribed by the user; and
providing subscribed content via the at least one loop to the residential gateway substantially upon matching the port and the card with the subscribed content as identified by the content information.
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