Patent ID: 11888834
Assignee: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method comprising:
in an onboarding controller of a managed network:
generating a challenge for network equipment to be onboarded into the managed network, wherein the challenge comprises information relating to a configuration change to be made to the network equipment, wherein the configuration change comprises configuring one or more connections to or within the network equipment, and wherein the one or more connections comprise at least one local connection to a network device local to and different from the network equipment;
sending the challenge to a communication device different from the network equipment, wherein the challenge is sent over a connection that is different than a connection used in communicating with the network equipment; and
verifying based on handling of the configuration change, an identity and/or a network location of the network equipment, wherein handling the configuration change comprises applying the configuration change.