METHOD FOR CONFIGURING A COMMUNICATION DEVICE USING A CONFIGURATION FILE TEMPLATE

摘要

A method and apparatus for creation of a configuration file for a communication device in a communications network mitigating the problem of managing communication device models and their associated configuration files. The method for creation of a configuration file for a communication device in a communications network comprises a device configuration node which in response to detecting a stimulus to configure the communication device is performing the steps of determining a communication device identity based on the stimulus; retrieving based on the communication device identity a configuration file template comprising a data variable; retrieving based on the communication device identity a data value corresponding to the data variable of the configuration file template; assigning the retrieved data value to the corresponding data variable of the configuration file template; consolidating the configuration file template into a configuration file; wherein the step of retrieving the data value comprises traversing a hierarchical data structure comprising a plurality of data variables and wherein the data value is selected in accordance with an assignment rule. The time and cost necessary to manage a large population of devices with a need for differentiated settings are reduced.