公开(公告)号：US09948497B2

公开(公告)日：2018-04-17

申请号：US13836704

申请日：2013-03-15

Applicant: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc.

Inventor： Michael U. Bencheck ,  Matthew W. Turlington ,  Vincent A. Alesi ,  Richard Schell ,  William F. Copeland

IPC: H04L12/24

CPC classification number: H04L41/0213 ,  H04L41/0809

Abstract: A system for and method of automatic discovery and configuration of network interface devices is presented. A network interface device (NID) may be included a pre-configured maintenance entity end point (MEP), whereby upon use, the NID may begin sending at least one discovery message to a provider edge device, each discovery message including an organizationally unique identifier. The provider edge device may strip the discovery message(s) to determine the message content, which may then be forwarded to a NIS management system. The NID management system may then identify an identification number of the NID, determine where the NID is installed and send any configuration data to the NID via the provider edge device to configure the NID.