Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Comcast Cable Holdings, LLC

At+t Corp.

Paul Eugene Schauer

John Jason Brzozowski

Srinivas Avirneni

Alain D Durand

Pak Siripunkaw

Harvey R Bialk

Jyoti A Kulkarni

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.

Method of provisioning network elements

A communications system and method for monitoring modems on a communications network includes at least one modem that is configured to have at least a first and a second state. A media protocol device is also included that is configured to determine whether the modem is in the first state or the second state. The media protocol device also has a memory for storing the state of the modem. The media protocol device monitors whether the modem is toggling between the first and the second state and provides a flag when the a number of the toggles between the first and the second states is greater than a predetermined registration threshold.

Communications system for monitoring a modem

A hybrid fiber coax (HFC) network management system and method for managing an HFC network having network elements operable for communicating telephony, data, and video signals with customer-premises equipment (CPE) of a subscriber. The HFC network management system includes an HFC network manager for monitoring status and configuration of the network elements and the CPE and for controlling configuration of the network elements and the CPE. A database is operable for storing data indicative of the configuration of the network elements and the CPE and the assigned capacity of the network elements. An online provisioning application link (OPAL) is operable for provisioning network elements with CPE based on the assigned capacity of the network elements to enable communication of telephony, data, and video signals between the HFC network and the CPE. A fault manager is operable for generating displays of the status and configuration of the network elements and the CPE. A trouble ticket system is operable for generating trouble ticket alerts in response to improper configuration/status of the network elements and the CPE.

Network management method and system for managing a broadband network providing multiple services

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Highlands Ranch, CO, United States of America

Paul Eugene Schauer