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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2014
Filed:
May. 08, 2007
Kamakshi Sridhar, Plano, TX (US);
Marcus K. Weldon, Summit, NJ (US);
Johan Van Besouw, Surry Hills, AU;
Ludwig Pauwels, Beveren, BE;
Sven Ooghe, Gentbrugge, BE;
Kamakshi Sridhar, Plano, TX (US);
Marcus K. Weldon, Summit, NJ (US);
Johan Van Besouw, Surry Hills, AU;
Ludwig Pauwels, Beveren, BE;
Sven Ooghe, Gentbrugge, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An in-band diagnostic tool and method are described herein that are capable of retrieving subscriber information from one or more nodes located within a layer 2 aggregation network. In one application, the diagnostic tool and method can be used by a customer service representative to retrieve subscriber information (e.g., user privileges, current bandwidth usage, available bandwidth) related to a customer that receives television, Internet etc. from an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network (which is an application-specific layer 2 aggregation network).