Method of provisioning network elements
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1. A method comprising:
- reserving a set of network addresses from a plurality of network addresses to produce a reserved set of network addresses;
receiving, by a provisioning device and from a network device, a network device identifier of the network device;
determining, by the provisioning device and based on the network device identifier, a geographic zone where the network device is located;
transmitting, by the provisioning device and to a database corresponding with the geographic zone, a query comprising the network device identifier;
in response to transmitting the query, receiving, by the provisioning device and from the database corresponding with the geographic zone, a network address, wherein the network address is from the reserved set of network addresses; and
transmitting, by the provisioning device and to the network device, the network address.
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Abstract
A system and method for provisioning network elements, such as but not limited to the type of network elements used in cable television system to facilitate subscriber access to services. The provisioning may be accomplished without communications between multiple provisioning servers. This allows the provisioning to be conducted in a stateless manner.
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1. A method comprising:
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reserving a set of network addresses from a plurality of network addresses to produce a reserved set of network addresses; receiving, by a provisioning device and from a network device, a network device identifier of the network device; determining, by the provisioning device and based on the network device identifier, a geographic zone where the network device is located; transmitting, by the provisioning device and to a database corresponding with the geographic zone, a query comprising the network device identifier; in response to transmitting the query, receiving, by the provisioning device and from the database corresponding with the geographic zone, a network address, wherein the network address is from the reserved set of network addresses; and transmitting, by the provisioning device and to the network device, the network address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system comprising:
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a computing device comprising; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to; reserve a set of network addresses from a plurality of network addresses to produce a reserved set of network addresses; and transmit, to a database corresponding with a geographic zone, the reserved set of network addresses, wherein the database corresponding with the geographic zone is one of a plurality of databases with each database corresponding with a different geographic zone of a plurality of geographic zones; and a provisioning device comprising; one or more processors; and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the provisioning device, cause the provisioning device to; receive, from a network device, a network device identifier; determine, based on the network device identifier, the geographic zone, of the plurality of geographic zones, where the network device is located; transmit, to the database corresponding with the geographic zone, a query comprising the network device identifier; in response to transmitting the query, receive, from the database corresponding with the geographic zone, a network address, wherein the network address is from the reserved set of network addresses; and transmit, to the network device, the network address. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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generating a network device identifier by appending a media access control address of a network device to an identifier of a geographic zone where the network device is located; receiving, by a provisioning device and from the network device, the network device identifier; determining, by the provisioning device and based on the network device identifier, the geographic zone where the network device is located; transmitting, by the provisioning device and to a database corresponding with the geographic zone, a query comprising the network device identifier; in response to transmitting the query, receiving, by the provisioning device and from the database corresponding with the geographic zone, a network address, wherein the network address is from a reserved set of network addresses; and transmitting, by the provisioning device and to the network device, the network address. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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