Orange

Regine Basset

Marc Douet

Jean-Didier Ott

Anne Gerodolle

Jean-Yves Cloarec

A method for controlling selection of a communication method between an equipment control device belonging to a wide-area communication network and equipment belonging to a local communication network. The method includes the following steps relating to the control device: requesting the equipment to initiate a connection to the control device, the request being sent at the time of a routine connection of the equipment to the control device; determining whether the equipment can be reached by the control device using a direct method; and configuring the equipment if the equipment cannot be reached using a direct method.

Remote control of equipment

The invention provides a provision method performed by a managed device (CPE) of a first network (R) to provide an address to a management device (ACS) for managing the managed device and situated in a second network (R), the address enabling the management device to request the establishment of a management session with the managed device, there being at least one intermediate device (CGN) situated between the first and second networks, the method comprising:

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Regine Basset