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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 14, 2010
Marc Kimpe, Huntsville, AL (US);
Charles E. Polk, Jr., Athens, AL (US);
Andrew T. Ruble, Elkmont, AL (US);
Troy Wayne White, Toney, AL (US);
Jamie S. Kelly, Madison, AL (US);
Marc Kimpe, Huntsville, AL (US);
Charles E. Polk, Jr., Athens, AL (US);
Andrew T. Ruble, Elkmont, AL (US);
Troy Wayne White, Toney, AL (US);
Jamie S. Kelly, Madison, AL (US);
ADTRAN, Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for provisioning nodes of a packet network. Rather than requiring a user to individually set the configuration parameters of each node to achieve a desired behavior, the user is presented with options of various predefined network behaviors and/or the option of customizing a network behavior, such as a queuing, scheduling, or shaping profile, and each node is configured to automatically provision its configuration parameters to implement the desired behavior. Information is passed from node-to-node so that each node can automatically provision its settings to implement such behavior. Thus, the network is automatically provisioned thereby facilitating the provisioning process. Automatic provisioning also helps to ensure a correct network configuration. Indeed, since the provisioning is automatic, at least some manual provisioning errors may be prevented.