Method and apparatus for testing communications between a network edge device and a customer premises device
First Claim
1. A method for testing communications within a broadband network between a network edge device and a customer premises device comprising:
- diverting network data traffic between a network edge device and a specific customer premises device to a test customer premises device, wherein the test customer premises device is located remotely from the specific customer premises device;
entering unique identifying data associated with the customer premises device into the test customer premises device;
sending the unique identifying data from the test customer premises device to a configuration server;
receiving configuration parameters of the specific customer premises device based on the unique identifying data associated with the customer premises device from the configuration server at the test customer premises device; and
emulating all characteristics of the specific customer premises device with the test customer premises device based on the returned configuration parameters.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for testing communications within a broadband network between a network edge device and a customer premises device. Network data traffic is diverted from the customer premises device to a test device. The test device emulates the customer premises device through the use of identifying data associated with the customer premises device. In one embodiment, data is diverted from the customer premises device to a test port loop back converter, which performs a DSL conversion of the data. The converted data is backhauled from the test port loop back converter to a test network edge device. The data is then sent from the test network edge device to a test customer premises device. The test customer premises device can be located at a site remote from the network edge device or can be collocated with and directly coupled to the network edge device.
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1. A method for testing communications within a broadband network between a network edge device and a customer premises device comprising:
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diverting network data traffic between a network edge device and a specific customer premises device to a test customer premises device, wherein the test customer premises device is located remotely from the specific customer premises device; entering unique identifying data associated with the customer premises device into the test customer premises device; sending the unique identifying data from the test customer premises device to a configuration server; receiving configuration parameters of the specific customer premises device based on the unique identifying data associated with the customer premises device from the configuration server at the test customer premises device; and emulating all characteristics of the specific customer premises device with the test customer premises device based on the returned configuration parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for testing communications within a broadband network between a network edge device and a customer premises device comprising:
a test customer premises device coupled to a network edge device and configured to receive network data traffic diverted from between a network edge device and a customer premises device, receive unique identifying data associated with the customer premises device, send the unique identifying data to a configuration server, obtain configuration parameters of the customer premises device based on the unique identifying data from the configuration server, and emulate all characteristics of the customer premises device through the use of the obtained configuration parameters, wherein the test customer premises device is located remotely from the customer premises device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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