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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2010
Troy W. White, Toney, AL (US);
Troy W. White, Toney, AL (US);
Adtran, Inc., Huntville, AL (US);
Abstract
At least one existing neighboring network device is connected to a newly deployed network device in a communications network. A network manager is connected remotely. The newly deployed network device is configured to determine its physical network connectivity by propagating a discovery protocol frame to the at least one existing neighboring network device. The frame in an example includes a field having a query that solicits from the existing neighboring network device the physical network connectivity data of the newly deployed device. This device is also configured to receive in response to the query, its physical network connectivity data and network data address of the network manager in a response, transmit its physical network connectivity data to the remote network manager, which in turn is configured to transmit provisioning data to the newly deployed network device based on the received physical network connectivity data.