METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURING AND MANAGING CUSTOMER PREMISES EQUIPMENT
First Claim
1. A method for managing custom premises equipment, CPE, comprising:
- obtaining data model information supported by the CPE; and
managing the CPE based on the data model information supported by the CPE, according to device class information of the CPE.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring and managing customer premises equipments (CPE) are disclosed. The method includes obtaining information of the data model supported by the CPE; extracting the CPE data model and the relationship between the CPE data model and the CPE from the obtained information; finding the data model supported by a specific CPE according to the relationship between the CPE data model and the CPE; and configuring and managing the specific CPE according to the found data model of the CPE. The present invention is able to configure and manage a specific CPE based on CPE data model by associating in advance the CPE data model with the device class information of the CPE and finding the data model of the CPE based on the device class information of the CPE.
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1. A method for managing custom premises equipment, CPE, comprising:
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obtaining data model information supported by the CPE; and managing the CPE based on the data model information supported by the CPE, according to device class information of the CPE. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 15)
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12. An apparatus for managing custom premises equipments, CPE, comprising:
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a CPE data model information obtaining module, configured to obtain the data model information supported by the CPE; a CPE configuration module, configured to manage the CPE based on the data model information supported by the CPE according to device class information of the CPE. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14)
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16. A method for managing custom premises equipment, CPE, comprising:
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obtaining a uniform resource locator from the CPE, wherein the uniform resource locator references an Extensible Markup Language file which describes a data model supported by the CPE; obtaining the data model supported by the CPE based on the uniform resource locator; and configuring the CPE according to the data model. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for managing custom premises equipment, configured to implement the method comprising:
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obtaining a uniform resource locator from the CPE, wherein the uniform resource locator references an Extensible Markup Language file which describes a data model supported by the CPE; obtaining the data model supported by the CPE based on the uniform resource locator; and configuring the CPE according to the data model.
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