Patent ID: 7940782

Claim:
A method of service preparation of a residential network access device from one or more remote provisioning devices to prepare said residential network access device to receive a network service over a communications network, said method comprising: receiving a line identifier indicating a physical line used by said residential network access device to connect to said communication network; transmitting an IP address from said one or more remote provisioning devices to said residential network access device for which said line identifier has been received, said IP address being a source address for said residential network access device; and transmitting software code portions to said IP address of said residential network access device, said software code portions being required for receiving said network service, wherein said one or more remote provisioning devices include an IP address assigning server for transmitting said IP address to said residential network access device, and a management server for transmitting said software code portions to said IP address, the method further comprising exchanging said IP address between said IP address assigning server and said management server, and wherein said communication network is a fibre network.