CPE NETWORK CONFIGURATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

摘要

Techniques described herein may be used to create and manage a network of customer premise equipment (CPE) devices (e.g., a CPE network). CPE devices may be rapidly initialized by integrating a process for initializing the CPE devices with a wireless network with a process for initializing the CPE devices with the CPE network. Configuration information for controlling the CPE devices may be managed and stored in a centralized location as machine-readable, computer-programming objects, which may be combined to provide a comprehensive view of the CPE network. Network services may be efficiently introduced into the CPE network and managed by creating virtual CPE devices that are associated with the CPE devices of the CPE network.

主权项

1. A method implemented by one or more computing devices of a data center, the method comprising:
receiving, by the one or more computing devices, a request, from a network administrator, for a network service that is to be provided to a particular customer location, the particular customer location including at least one physical customer premise equipment (CPE) device that is used to implement a private network with a plurality of other physical CPE devices that are located at a plurality of additional customer locations; creating, by the one or more computing devices and in response to the request, a virtual CPE device that implements functionality corresponding to the requested network service, the virtual CPE device implementing the functionality corresponding to the requested network service for the particular customer location; updating, by the one or more computing devices and based on the creation of the virtual CPE device, configuration information associated with the at least one physical CPE device and with the plurality of other physical CPE devices; and automatically configuring, by the one or more computing devices and based on the updated configuration information, the at least one physical CPE device at the particular customer location.