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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Adtran Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Inventor:
Troy W. White, Toney, AL (US);
Assignee:
Adtran Inc., Huntsville, AL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/12 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 61/20 (2013.01); G06K 7/0008 (2013.01); G06K 7/10158 (2013.01); G06K 7/10297 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus for providing network addresses are disclosed. In one aspect, a network element device in a telecommunication network includes a chassis coupled with a passive Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) device and a network line module coupled to the chassis. The passive RFID device stores a network node identifier that is used to communicate with a second network element device communicatively coupled with the network element device. The network line module includes a RFID reader that is configured to obtain the network node identifier from the passive RFID device when the network line module is initialized.