TECHNIQUES FOR CONFIGURING CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT FOR NETWORK OPERATIONS FROM PROVIDER EDGE

摘要

Techniques for configuring customer premises equipment for communication with a provider network include establishing a Physical layer network connection between a particular customer node and a first provider node. The particular customer node is an intermediate network node on a customer premises. The first provider node is an intermediate network node on a first provider network of a first service provider different from the customer. Configuration data for one or more network interfaces on the particular customer node are automatically received through the physical layer network connection. The particular customer node is automatically configured based on that configuration data The automatic provisioning of the customer node allows equipment to be more economically shipped and installed at customer premises and allows upgraded or replacement equipment to be more economically swapped in place of equipment previously installed. Traffic management data can also be automatically received and used at the particular customer node.