Remote services control in an ATM/DSL service network
First Claim
1. A method for remote services control in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)/Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service network, the ATM/DSL service network including an ATM/DSL head-end system (NCS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), the ATM/DSL head-end system including a network control system (NCS), the CPE including at least one computer, said method comprising the steps of:
- sending an Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated signal from the at least one computer, in response to an execution of a user command for the remote services control on the at least one computer, the IP encapsulated signal including an IP address of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web server that is coupled to the NCS;
receiving the IP encapsulated signal for processing by the HTTP server; and
communicating the user command to the NCS, by the HTTP web server.
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Abstract
There is provided a method for remote services control in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)/Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service network. The ATM/DSL service network includes an ATM/DSL head-end system (NCS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE). The ATM/DSL head-end system includes a network control system (NCS). The CPE includes at least one computer. The method includes the step of sending an Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated signal from the at least one computer, in response to an execution of a user command for the remote services control on the at least one computer. The IP encapsulated signal includes an IP address of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web server that is coupled to the NCS. The IP encapsulated signal is received for processing by the HTTP server. The user command is communicated to the NCS, by the HTTP web server.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for remote services control in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)/Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service network, the ATM/DSL service network including an ATM/DSL head-end system (NCS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), the ATM/DSL head-end system including a network control system (NCS), the CPE including at least one computer, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending an Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated signal from the at least one computer, in response to an execution of a user command for the remote services control on the at least one computer, the IP encapsulated signal including an IP address of a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web server that is coupled to the NCS;
receiving the IP encapsulated signal for processing by the HTTP server; and
communicating the user command to the NCS, by the HTTP web server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14)
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13. A method for remote services control in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)/Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service network, the ATM/DSL service network including an ATM/DSL head-end system (NCS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), the ATM/DSL head-end system including a network control system (NCS), the CPE including at least one computer and a DSL modem IP interface, the at least one computer having a web based browser interface thereon, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web server coupled to the NCS for communication there between; and
communicating with the NCS using the HTTP web server, the DSL modem IP interface, and the web based browser interface, by the at least one computer, with respect to the remote services control, said communicating step including the steps of formatting an IP encapsulated signal from the at least one computer into an ATM formatted signal and formatting the ATM formatted signal back into the IP encapsulated signal for processing by the HTTP web server.
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15. A method for remote services control in an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)/Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) service network, the ATM/DSL service network including an ATM/DSL head-end system (NCS) and Customer Premise Equipment (CPE), the ATM/DSL head-end system including a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM), an ATM switch, an ATM terminator, an ATM router, and a network control system (NCS), the CPE including at least one computer having a web based browser interface thereon and at least one CPE unit, the at least one CPE unit having a DSL modem therein, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending an Internet Protocol (IP) encapsulated signal from the at least one computer to the DSL modem, in response to an execution of a user command for the remote services control on the at least one computer through the web based browser interface;
appending a unique modem serial number to the IP encapsulated signal, formatting the IP encapsulated signal into an ATM formatted signal, and sending the ATM formatted signal to the DSLAM, by the DSL modem;
sending the ATM formatted signal to the ATM switch from the DSLAM;
sending the ATM formatted signal to the ATM terminator from the ATM switch;
formatting the ATM formatted signal back into the IP encapsulated signal, and sending the IP encapsulated signal to the IP router, by the ATM terminator;
determining whether the IP encapsulated signal is local network traffic, by the IP router;
sending the IP encapsulated signal to a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) web server for processing when the IP encapsulated signal is the local network traffic, by the IP router; and
communicating the user command to the NCS, by the HTTP web server.
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