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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2003
Phillip Kent Freyman, Elgin, IL (US);
Robert C. Stein, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Michael Patrick Ryan, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Haneef B. Charania, Skokie, IL (US);
Phillip Kent Freyman, Elgin, IL (US);
Robert C. Stein, Coopersburg, PA (US);
Michael Patrick Ryan, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Haneef B. Charania, Skokie, IL (US);
General Instrument Corporation, Horsham, PA (US);
Abstract
A method for configuring an access device that is coupled to an Internet Protocol network enables the access device to apply a desired signal to an access line, which signal is requested by a local exchange. Upon receiving a V5 protocol message from the local exchange requesting the desired signal to be applied to the access line, a voice gateway or Internet Protocol Access Terminal maps the V5 protocol message into a text message in NCS format containing one or more parameters associated with the desired signal and sends the text message to the access device over the Internet Protocol network. Upon receipt of the text message, the access device or media access terminal adjusts its configuration in accordance with the received text message using the one or more parameters included in the text message and one or more default values stored in a management information base accessible to the access device that defines the desired signal. Once configured, the access device applies the desired signal to the access line.