Client server SVC-based DSL service

• US 7,701,953 B2
• Filed: 04/29/2003
• Issued: 04/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/04/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sbc Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Wenge, Soon, Shih Chung, Chou, Peter, SINWALD, Michael P., Liu, Kuo-Hul
• Primary Examiner(s): Moore, Jr., Michael J
• Application Number:
  US10/424,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20040085969A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,548 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/397
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5601 Transfer mode dependent, e.g. ATM
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/563 Signalling, e.g. protocols, reference model

Abstract

An SVC is established between a client and a host by dynamically configuring a host CPE device using a custom module designed for the host CPE device. The configured host CPE device enables communication between the client and the host via the SVC connection.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a switched virtual circuit connection between a client device and a host device through a telecommunications network, the method comprising:

receiving, at the host device, a dynamic request from the client device to establish the switched virtual circuit connection;

requesting, by the host device, a setup of the switched virtual circuit connection; and

dynamically configuring a host customer premises equipment device using a custom module designed for the host customer premises equipment device in response to the client device requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection within a predetermined time of the host device requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection,

wherein the configured host customer premises equipment device enables communication between the client device and the host device via the switched virtual circuit connection, and

wherein the host device resides at a host site and the host customer premises equipment device resides at the host site.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the configuring further comprises defining an interface for the switched virtual circuit connection.

3. The method of claim 2, in which the configuring further comprises defining a route to the client device using the interface.

4. The method of claim 3, in which the defining further comprises assigning a destination address to the interface.

5. The method of claim 4, in which the defining further comprises assigning a source address to the interface.

6. The method of claim 2, in which the defining further comprises associating a bandwidth with the interface.

7. A computer readable medium storing a program, executable by a computer, that establishes and enables a switched virtual circuit connection between a client device and a host device through a telecommunications network, the medium comprising:

a host application that receives a dynamic request from the client device to establish the switched virtual circuit connection and requests a setup of the switched virtual circuit connection; and

a network service agent comprising a custom module designed for a specific host customer premises equipment device, the network service agent executable to configure the host customer premises equipment device using the custom module in response to the client device requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection within a predetermined time of the host application requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection,

wherein the configured host customer premises equipment device enables communication between the client device and the host device via the switched virtual circuit connection, and

wherein the host device resides at a host site and the host customer premises equipment device resides at the host site.

8. The medium of claim 7, in which the network service agent configures the host customer premises equipment device by defining an interface for the switched virtual circuit connection.

9. The medium of claim 8, in which the network service agent configures the host customer premises equipment device by defining a route to the client device using the interface.

10. The medium of claim 9, in which the network service agent defines the interface by assigning a destination address to the interface.

11. The medium of claim 10, in which the network service agent defines the interface by assigning a source address to the interface.

12. The medium of claim 8, in which the network service agent defines the interface by associating a bandwidth with the interface.

13. A system for establishing and enabling a switched virtual circuit connection between a client device and a host device through a telecommunications network, the system comprising:

a receiver that receives a dynamic request from the client device to establish the switched virtual circuit connection;

a requester that requests a setup of the switched virtual circuit connection; and

a client server located at a host site and connected to a host customer premises equipment device, connected to the telecommunications network, the client server comprising a network service agent, the network service agent comprising a custom module designed for the host customer premises equipment device, the network service agent configuring the host customer premises equipment device using the custom module in response to the client device requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection within a predetermined time of the requester requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection,

wherein the configured host customer premises equipment device enables communication between the client device and the host device via the switched virtual circuit connection, and

wherein the host device resides at the host site and the host customer premises equipment device resides at the host site.

14. The system of claim 13, in which the host customer premises equipment device comprises an asynchronous transfer mode switch and the system further comprises a host router.

15. The system of claim 14, in which the network service agent configures the asynchronous transfer mode switch with required bandwidth, with a Virtual Path Identifier/Virtual Circuit Identifier associated with the switched virtual circuit connection, and with a port associated with the host router,

wherein the configured asynchronous transfer mode switch functions as a cross connect between the host router and the network.

16. The system of claim 13, in which the host customer premises equipment device comprises a router.

17. The system of claim 16, in which the network service agent configures the router with a Virtual Path Identifier/Virtual Circuit Identifier associated with the switched virtual circuit connection to define an interface.

18. The system of claim 17, in which the network service agent defines a route to the client device using the interface.

19. The system of claim 18, in which the network service agent associates bandwidth parameters with the interface.

20. A system for establishing and enabling a switched virtual circuit connection between a client device and a host device through an asynchronous transfer mode network, the system comprising:

a receiver that receives a dynamic request from the client device to establish the switched virtual circuit connection;

a requester that requests a setup of the switched virtual circuit connection; and

a client server located at a host site and connected to a host asynchronous transfer mode customer premises equipment device, connected to the asynchronous transfer mode network, the client server comprising a network service agent, which includes a custom module designed for the host asynchronous transfer mode customer premises equipment device, the network service agent configuring the host asynchronous transfer mode customer premises equipment device using the custom module in response to the client device requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection within a predetermined time of the requester requesting the setup of the switched virtual circuit connection,

wherein the configured host asynchronous transfer mode customer premises equipment device enables communication between the client device and the host device via the switched virtual circuit connection in the asynchronous transfer mode network, and

wherein the host device resides at the host site and the host asynchronous transfer mode customer premises equipment device resides at the host site.