Patent ID: 8085670

Claim:
A method for providing connectivity fault management, comprising: detecting, by a management proxy networking device having at least one processor, a connectivity fault management trigger event for a maintenance point associated with a communication port on a customer premises equipment device connected to said management proxy networking device; generating, by said management proxy networking device, responsive to said connectivity fault management trigger event, a connectivity fault management frame; transmitting, to said customer premises equipment device from said management proxy networking device, a message containing said connectivity fault management frame generated by said management proxy networking device, said message also indicating said communication port; determining, by said customer premises equipment device responsive to receipt of said message from said management proxy networking device and said indication of said communication port in said message, whether said communication port is operable; and originating, by said customer premises equipment device responsive to receipt of said message from said management proxy networking device and a determination that said communication port is operable, said connectivity fault management frame from said customer premises equipment device, wherein said originating includes extracting said connectivity fault management frame from said message received from said management proxy networking device and transmitting said connectivity fault management frame from said customer premises equipment through said management proxy networking device into a core network connected to said management proxy networking device.