Configuration Management Method and System for Customer Premises Equipment
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a technology for terminal equipment configuration management of a communication system, and embodiments of the present invention disclose a configuration management method and system for a customer premises equipment, which enable simpler interaction between a CS and CPEs in the case of batch configuration management on the CPEs. In the embodiments, a uniform file interaction interface is used, and a file server is provided as an intermediate for the interaction of configuration files; a uniform XML-based configuration template is used to embody therein configuration items common to the same type of CPEs, and personalized data of each CPE is further incorporated to generate a personalized configuration file for the CPE. Respective elements of the configuration file are also specified comprehensively. Furthermore, two methods for validation of the configuration are proposed respectively based upon the TR069 and the SNMP.
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18. A configuration management method for a customer premises equipment, comprising the steps of:
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a configuration server sending to the customer premises equipment a request message for download or upload of a configuration file, wherein the request message includes parameters necessary for the download or upload of the configuration file;
the customer premises equipment responding to the request message by, according to the parameters therein, downloading a previously-generated configuration file from or uploading a local configuration file to a file server; and
upon completion of the download or upload, the customer premises equipment sending to the configuration server a response message including the result of the download or upload. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A configuration management system for a customer premises equipment, comprising a configuration server and a customer premises equipment, wherein:
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the configuration server is adapted to send to the customer premises equipment a request message for download or upload of a configuration file, wherein the request message includes parameters necessary for the download or upload of the configuration file;
the customer premises equipment is adapted to respond to the request message by, according to the parameters therein, downloading a previously-generated configuration file from or uploading a local configuration file to a file server, and upon completion of the download or upload, to send to the configuration server a response message including the result of the download or upload. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 35)
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34. A configuration management method for a customer premises equipment, wherein a previously generated or modified configuration file is stored in a configuration server, the configuration management method comprising the steps of:
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the configuration server sending to the customer premises equipment a request message for download or upload of a configuration file, wherein the request message includes parameters necessary for the download or upload of the configuration file;
the customer premises equipment responding to the request message by, according to the parameters therein, downloading a previously-generated configuration file from or uploading a local configuration file to the configuration server; and
upon completion of the download or upload, the customer premises equipment sending to the configuration server a response message including the result of the download or upload.
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