Patent ID: 7219124

Claim:
A method for activating service in a VDSL-based broadband communication network, the network comprising a plurality of loops where each loop includes a source terminus and a destination terminus, wherein each of the source termini are coupled to a computer system, wherein the computer system is coupled to a database having a data structure to store data, the method comprising: receiving a service request for content from a user; assigning at least one of the plurality of loops to the user; storing a service record for content requested by a user in the database, the service record including information for at least one of the plurality of loops, the information including loop component information specific to the user; detecting a coupling of a user device to the destination terminus of the at least one loop; detecting an address associated with the coupled user device, the address not being stored in the service record; determining a path associated with the coupled user device; the path including discovered loop component information; matching the discovered loop component information with the loop component information specific to the user that is stored in the service record in the database; and providing the requested content via the determined path using the address associated with the user device upon matching the discovered loop component information with the loop component information specific to the user.