Method and apparatus to detect configuration information for a digital subscriber line device
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1. A method to configure a network device, comprising:
- receiving a request at a DSL access module (DSLAM) to configure a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between a digital subscriber line (DSL) device and said DSLAM, said DSL device having a virtual circuit (VC) table with multiple probe values, wherein said probe value represents a virtual circuit; and
automatically configuring said PVC using a list of probe values from said VC table sent with test packets to probe for configuration information for said PVC, and using said configuration information to configure said PVC, wherein said probe values and said configuration information comprise a virtual channel identifier (VCI) and a virtual path identifier (VPI);
wherein said automatically configuring comprises;
sending test packets to said DSLAM using said probe values;
receiving a response packet to one of said test packets;
retrieving said configuration information from said response packet;
configuring said PVC using said retrieved configuration information; and
further disabling each virtual circuit that does not receive a response packet.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus to detect configuration information that may be used to configure a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between a digital subscriber line (DSL) customer premise equipment (CPE) and a DSL access module (DSLAM) is described.
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1. A method to configure a network device, comprising:
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receiving a request at a DSL access module (DSLAM) to configure a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between a digital subscriber line (DSL) device and said DSLAM, said DSL device having a virtual circuit (VC) table with multiple probe values, wherein said probe value represents a virtual circuit; and automatically configuring said PVC using a list of probe values from said VC table sent with test packets to probe for configuration information for said PVC, and using said configuration information to configure said PVC, wherein said probe values and said configuration information comprise a virtual channel identifier (VCI) and a virtual path identifier (VPI); wherein said automatically configuring comprises; sending test packets to said DSLAM using said probe values; receiving a response packet to one of said test packets; retrieving said configuration information from said response packet; configuring said PVC using said retrieved configuration information; and further disabling each virtual circuit that does not receive a response packet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A system to configure a network device, comprising:
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a digital subscriber line (DSL) customer premise equipment (CPE), said DSL CPE having a virtual circuit (VC) table with multiple probe values, wherein said probe value represents a virtual circuit; a DSL access module (DSLAM) connected to said DSL CPE; and a DSL probing module to use said list of probe values from said VC table sent with test packets to said (DSLAM) to probe for configuration information for use in automatically configuring a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between said DSL CPE and said DSLAM, wherein said probe values and said configuration information comprise a virtual channel identifier (VCI) and a virtual path identifier (VPI); wherein said automatically configuring comprises; sending test packets to said DSLAM using said probe values; receiving a response packet to one of said test packets; retrieving said configuration information from said response packet; configuring said PVC using said retrieved configuration information and further disabling each virtual circuit that does not receive a response packet. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A probing module for a network device, comprising:
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an event management module which accesses a virtual circuit (VC) table that includes a list of probe values, wherein said probe value represents a virtual circuit, to automatically send test packets using said probe values from a digital subscriber line (DSL) device to a DSL access module (DSLAM); a detection module to detect a packet received in response to at least one of said test packets and to disable each virtual circuit that does not receive a response packet; an extraction module to retrieve configuration information from said received packet; and a configuration module to configure a permanent virtual connection between said DSL and said DSLAM using said configuration information, wherein said probe values and said configuration information comprise a virtual channel identifier (VCI) and a virtual path identifier (VPI).
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8. An article comprising:
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a storage medium; said storage medium including stored instructions that, when executed by a processor, result in configuring a network device by receiving a request at a DSL access module (DSLAM) to configure a permanent virtual circuit (PVC) between a digital subscriber line (DSL) device and said (DSLAM), said DSL device having a virtual circuit (VC) table with multiple probe values, wherein said probe value represents a virtual circuit, automatically configuring said PVC using a list of probe values from said VC table sent with test packets to probe for configuration information for said PVC, and using said configuration information to configure said PVC, wherein said probe values and said configuration information comprise a virtual channel identifier (VCI) and a virtual path identifier (VPI), said automatically configuring said PVC comprising sending test packets to said DSLAM using said probe values, receiving a response packet to one of said test packets, retrieving said configuration information from said response packet, and configuring said PVC using said retrieved configuration information and further disabling each virtual circuit that does not receive a response packet. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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