Patent ID: 6894983
Filing Date: 2005-05-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for network management, comprising: sending a trap message from a network end switch to client premises equipment (CPE) over a network connection therebetween, informing the CPE of a change in a network management information base (MIB) of the end switch; receiving a request from the CPE to the end switch, subsequent to the trap message, to read information from the MIB; providing the information from the end switch to the CPE responsive to the request; and determining the change to have been implemented by the CPE based on the request to read the information, wherein receiving the request comprises awaiting the request for a predetermined period of time, and wherein sending the trap message comprises re-sending the trap message if the request is not received within the predetermined period, and wherein re-sending the trap message comprises making a predetermined number of attempts to re-send the trap message, and comprising sending a cold start message from the end switch to the CPE to reset the connection if the request is not received after the predetermined number of attempts have been made.