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Discovery of physically adjacent neighbor devices using a unidirectional in-band process coupled with an out-of-band follow-up process

  • US 20070201383A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2006
  • Published: 08/30/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A unidirectional in-band and out-of-band follow-up method for discovering physically adjacent neighbor devices in a telecommunications network, the method comprising:

  • at a first device, generating an in-band discovery message comprising identification information related to the first device;

    at a second device, receiving the in-band discovery message comprising the identification information related to the first device and recognizing the first device as a neighbor device; and

    from the second device, communicating the identification information related to the first device to a network management system via an out-of-band communication.

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