Method to assign a customer premises equipment to a subscriber's data record, demarcation point unit, and network element

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for a telecommunication's network with a central office (CO), an access network, a multiple of demarcation point units (DPUn) and customer premises equipment (ONTn) connected thereto, to assign a customer premises equipment (ONTn) to a subscriber's data record registered in the central office (CO), where when a customer premises equipment (ONTn) reports the received signal amplitude in regular reporting intervals to the central office (CO), a customer premises equipment (ONTn) is assigned to a subscriber's data record by uniquely influencing the signal amplitude by the demarcation point unit (DPUn) assigned to the customer premises equipment (ONTn), the assignment of which to a certain subscriber 's data record is known in the central office (CO), where the influencing of the signal amplitude is performed such that a digital signature proper to the demarcation point unit (DPUn) is imprinted on the signal amplitude, where the bit clock underlying the signature is adapted to the reporting intervals, and that the central office (CO) recovers the signature of the demarcation point unit (DPUn) from the sequence of signal amplitudes reported from the customer premises equipment (ONTn) and derives therefrom the assignment between customer premises equipment (ONTn) and subscriber's data record, as well as to a demarcation point unit, and to a network element.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a method for assigning customer premises equipment to subscriber data records according to the preamble of claim 1 , a demarcation point unit according to the preamble of claim 4 and a method for central Office network elements. Background technique [0002] Such telecommunication networks are known from eg EP 1986351A1 and EP 2015480A1. [0003] Both optical access networks and radio access networks are typically point-to-multipoint networks. Each user has a connection point where he or she can connect any customer premises equipment, such as simple telephones, servers or multimedia equipment. The connection device is performed by the user himself or herself, and can also be changed at any time. The equipment used needs to be registered at the central office of the network operator and be assigned unambiguously to the subscriber data record. [0004] For this purpose, it is known that the user performs a specific procedure...

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The registration process is time-consuming, cumbersome, and error-prone

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