Patent ID: 8078679
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: configuring, on a service providing device, a service that is to be provided in a network; generating, using the service providing device and based on configuring the service, a collateral configuration request protocol (CCRP) message, wherein the CCRP message includes a destination field that indicates a type of network device that the CCRP message is intended for such that the CCRP message, upon being transmitted in the network, is accepted by network devices associated with the type of network device indicated by the destination field, the CCRP message further including: transmitting, using the service providing device, the CCRP message to the network such that the CCRP message is accepted by at least one network device associated with the type indicated by the destination field in the CCRP message.