Patent ID: 8797893
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for managing configuration data on a media gateway (MG) and a media gateway controller (MGC) in a next generation network, comprising: determining, by a configuration manager computing device, whether all required configuration data is provisioned for the media gateway residing in a next generation network upon boot up; sending, by the configuration management computing device, a message to a media gateway controller associated with the media gateway requesting for configuration data when all the required configuration data is determined not to be provisioned, wherein the sending further comprises resending the request for configuration data to the associated media gateway controller upon reaching a timeout and starting an audit process upon a reaching pre-determined number of timeouts; receiving, by the configuration manager computing device, an acknowledgement and all the required configuration data from the media gateway controller in response to sending the message, wherein the receiving further comprises, verifying, by the configuration management computing device, a format of the received configuration data; and storing, by the configuration manager computing device, the received configuration data in the media gateway and provisioning the media gateway upon a successful verification of the configuration data.