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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2010
Kenneth Roger Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Brian Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
Kenneth Roger Jones, Cool, CA (US);
Brian Gonsalves, Antioch, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P., Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method may include transmitting, during a point-to-point over Ethernet (PPPoE) discovery stage, a PPPoE active discovery (PAD) packet from a customer premises equipment (CPE) device to an access concentrator. The PAD packet may include a tag that is associated with a device type of the CPE device. The method may include receiving a PPPoE active discovery session (PADS) confirmation packet from the access concentrator. The PADS confirmation packet may be associated with conclusion of the PPPoE discovery stage and establishment of an Ethernet communication session between the CPE device and the access concentrator.