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Method for configuration negotiation in a data communication system

  • US 7,647,389 B2
  • Filed: 02/28/2002
  • Issued: 01/12/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for configuration negotiation in a data communication system, comprising:

  • receiving, at an access network, an access request and a token from an access terminal, the token including a plurality of bits, each bit of the plurality of bits associated with a different type of protocol, such that each bit indicates whether the access terminal is operating according to a default protocol for the associated type of protocol;

    sending information to and receiving information from the access terminal according to the default protocol without negotiating parameters for the associated type of protocol and without sending the parameters for the associated type of protocol to the access terminal when a portion of the access network communicating with the access terminal operates according to the default protocol for the associated type of protocol and a bit of the plurality of bits indicates the access terminal operates according to the default protocol for the associated type of protocol.

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