Modem and method supporting various packet cable protocols

• US 8,477,776 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2010
• Issued: 07/02/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cloud Network Technology Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsu, Lu-Meng, Lo, Yew-Min
• Primary Examiner(s): Phung, Luat
• Assistant Examiner(s): BELETE, BERHANU D
• Application Number:
  US12/909,795
• Publication Number:
  US 20110182282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 370/260, 370350-356, 370/389, 473/465
• US Class Current: 370/389
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1026 at the edge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/066 Telephone sets adapted for data transmision

Abstract

A modem includes a communicating module, a multimedia terminal adapter (MTA) module, a parsing module, and a selecting module. The communicating module sends a configuration file request packet to a TFTP server to get configuration files including a file ID. The parsing module parses the configuration files to get the file ID. The selecting module configures the MTA module corresponding to the file ID. The communicating module further communicates with a VoIP network according to a protocol corresponding to the file ID.

Claims

1. A modem to communicate with a session initiation protocol (SIP) server, a media gateway control protocol (MGCP) server and a trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) server, the modem comprising a processor, a storage system, and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the storage system and operable to be executed by the processor, and the SIP server and the MGCP server respectively have a service identification (ID), the modem further comprising:

a multimedia terminal adapter (MTA) module comprising a packet cable 1.X (PC1.X) module and a packet cable 2.0 (PC2.0) module, wherein the packet cable 1.X (PC1.X) module is operable to establish a connection between the modem and the MGCP server with PC1.X, the PC1.X is a communication standard that uses MGCP as VoIP signaling protocol;

a communication module operable to send a configuration file requesting packet to the TFTP server and receive configuration files fed back by the TFTP server, wherein the configuration files comprise a file identification (ID);

a parsing module operable to parse the configuration files to obtain the file ID; and

a selecting module operable to configure the MTA module according to the file ID, wherein the selecting module configures the PC2.0 module upon the condition that the file ID is the service ID of the SIP server, and configures the PC1.X module when the file ID is the service ID of the MGCP server.

2. A method of a modem supporting various packet cable protocols, wherein the modem comprises a multimedia terminal adapter (MTA) module to communicate with session initiation protocol (SIP) server, a media gateway control protocol (MGCP) server and a trivial file transfer protocol (TFTP) server, the SIP server and the MGCP server respectively have a service identification (ID), the method comprising:

sending a configuration file requesting packet to the TFTP server;

receiving configuration files fed back by the TFTP server, wherein the configuration files comprise a file identification (ID);

parsing the configuration files to obtain the file ID; and

configuring the MTA module according to the file ID, wherein the MTA module includes a packet cable 1.X (PC1.X) module and a packet cable 2.0 (PC2.0) module, wherein the packet cable 1.X (PC1.X) module is operable to establish a connection between the modem and the MGCP server with PC1.X, the PC1.X is a communication standard that uses MGCP as VoIP signaling protocol, if the file ID is the service ID of the SIP server, then the PC2.0 module is configured, if the file ID is the service ID of the MGCP server, then the PC1.X module is configured.