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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2002
Anton Okmianski, Lincoln, MA (US);
Greg Morris, Nashua, NH (US);
Timothy Webb, Concord, MA (US);
Mickael Graham, Arlington, MA (US);
David K. Bainbridge, Acton, MA (US);
Adam L. Taylor, Acton, MA (US);
Anton Okmianski, Lincoln, MA (US);
Greg Morris, Nashua, NH (US);
Timothy Webb, Concord, MA (US);
Mickael Graham, Arlington, MA (US);
David K. Bainbridge, Acton, MA (US);
Adam L. Taylor, Acton, MA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Techniques for configuring a customer premises equipment connected to a network of a network service provider include receiving configuration information at a distributed component on the network from a central unit on the network. The distributed component also receives from the customer premises equipment a request for values of configuration parameters that determine network properties for the customer premises equipment. The distributed component generates a set of values for the configuration parameters based on the request and the configuration information received from the central unit. The set of values are sent from the distributed component to the customer premises equipment. A system using these techniques is scalable with increasing numbers of customer premises equipments simultaneously requesting values for configuration parameters and is robust in face of equipment failure at a distributed component or at the central unit or both.