Patent ID: 9686130
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: H04L,Y04S

Claim:
1. A method for configuring a node in a network, the method comprising: obtaining, in a computing device, an expected configuration file for the node and a target configuration file for the node, the configuration files each specifying a plurality of parameters with corresponding values, wherein the parameters include a version identifier; determining, in the computing device, a different one of the parameters having different corresponding values between the configuration files based upon a comparison of the configuration files; determining, in the computing device, a governing one of the parameters on which a location of the different parameter in the node is dependent based at least in part upon a parameter reference; determining, in the computing device, the location of the different parameter in the node based at least in part upon the parameter reference and a corresponding value of the governing parameter specified by the expected configuration file, wherein the governing parameter is determined to be the version identifier; calculating, in the computing device, a checksum for the governing parameter based at least in part upon the corresponding value of the governing parameter specified by the expected configuration file; generating, in the computing device, instructions for a headend system to: transmitting, in the computing device, the instructions to the headend system.