Patent ID: 9590847
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04Q,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for providing auto configuration of a Demarcation device in a communication network based on Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) provisioning over Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), comprising: initializing the Demarcation device and an optical network unit device connected to the Demarcation device; performing, by the Demarcation device, port configuration to allow communication to the optical network unit device, wherein the communication comprises forwarding frames from the Demarcation device to the optical network unit; establishing, by the Demarcation device, a communication with the optical network unit device and obtaining configuration information of the optical network unit device; communicating, by the Demarcation device, to a back-office system in the network, information regarding the Demarcation device , the information including capabilities associated with the Demarcation device; receiving, at the Demarcation device, the service configuration file from the back-office system, wherein a timer, implemented at the Demarcation device, restarts the Demarcation device when the service configuration file is not received prior to expiration of the timer and after the timer restarts the Demarcation device for a predetermined number of times, the predetermined number of times defined in the service configuration file, the Demarcation device powers down and awaits user intervention; and processing, at the Demarcation device, the service configuration file received from the back-office system and automatically updating communication services provided by the optical network unit device based on the service configuration file received from the back-office system.