Customer premises equipment autoconfiguration
First Claim
1. A method for configuring customer premises equipment, comprising the steps of:
- selecting a set of configuration values;
transmitting a discover packet including the set of configuration values to a network access device;
if a response packet is not received from the network access device during a predetermined time period, selecting another set of configuration values and transmitting another discover packet including the other set of configuration values; and
if a response packet is received from the network access device during the predetermined time period, storing configuration information from the response packet into memory.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically configuring customer premises equipment, the system including a search module configured to select a set of configuration values and to create a discover packet including the set of configuration values. The discover packet is transmitted to attempt a connection with a network access device. If no response packet is received from the network access device, the search module selects another set of configuration values and creates another discover packet. If a response packet is received from the network access device, the search module stores the correct configuration values from the header of the response packet into a configuration register. A memory stores a subset of all possible configuration values including commonly used values.
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21 Claims
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1. A method for configuring customer premises equipment, comprising the steps of:
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selecting a set of configuration values; transmitting a discover packet including the set of configuration values to a network access device; if a response packet is not received from the network access device during a predetermined time period, selecting another set of configuration values and transmitting another discover packet including the other set of configuration values; and if a response packet is received from the network access device during the predetermined time period, storing configuration information from the response packet into memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. Customer premises equipment, comprising:
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a modem chipset configured to send and receive packets; an asynchronous transfer mode segmentation and reassembly module coupled to the modem chipset; a memory coupled to the asynchronous transfer mode segmentation and reassembly module, the memory configured to store a plurality of sets of configuration values for the customer premises equipment; and a processor, coupled to the memory, capable of executing program instructions, the memory including a search module configured to determine which of the plurality of sets of configuration values, if any, is a correct set of configuration values for establishing communications between the customer premises equipment and a network access device, wherein the search module itself selects the correct set of configuration values. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for customer premises equipment auto-configuration, comprising:
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means for selecting a set of configuration values; means for transmitting a discover packet including the set of configuration values to a network access device; means for selecting another set of configuration values and transmitting another discover packet including the other set of configuration values if a response packet is not received from the network access device during a predetermined time period; and means for storing configuration information from the response packet into memory if a response packet is received from the network access device during the predetermined time period.
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