Patent ID: 7620051
Filing Date: 2009-11-17
Classification: H04L,H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for a customer premises equipment (CPE) device to auto-configure itself, the CPE device being coupled to an Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) network, the ATM network having a preexisting Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) to which the CPE device is to be self auto-configured, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of ATM cells from a digital subscriber line access multiplexer; checking the plurality of received ATM cells to identity a first ATM cell of a particular type of a packet, the first ATM cell including a header and a payload, the header including a Virtual Path Identifier (VPI) and a Virtual Circuit Identifier (VCI), wherein identifying the first ATM cell includes: configuring directly the PVC of the CPE device by having the CPE device by itself obtain the VPI and the VCI extracted from the first ATM cell, wherein configuring does not involve Switched Virtual Circuit translation; and linking the PVC to a protocol, the protocol being applicable to a Digital Subscriber Line.