Customer Premises Equipment Automatic Network Activation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional telecommunications networks require an in-person visit or an existing contractual relationship to establish communication services, which delays or restricts the operationalization of subscriptions.
Innovation Solution
A method that enables fully automatic, customer-triggered activation of network connectivity using a customer identifier or personal/commercial identifier, without the need for an in-person visit or pre-existing contractual relationship, by transmitting requests through a specific access node to the service edge and policy controller entities within the broadband access network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional network access methods are used requiring in-person visits or existing contractual relationships, then network security and controlled access are improved, but customer activation time and operational complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-configuring the network with the customer's identifier information before the customer actually connects. The access node is pre-programmed to recognize specific identifier patterns and automatically initiate connection procedures, eliminating the need for in-person activation while maintaining security through pre-validated identifier formats.
Solution Approach 2:
The customer's equipment automatically performs the activation process by transmitting its identifier information and receiving connection parameters without human intervention. The system enables self-service activation where the customer's device autonomously completes the federation process with the business support system, reducing activation time while maintaining controlled access through automated validation.
2Ease of operation
If automated activation without in-person visits is implemented, then customer activation time and accessibility are improved, but network security and authentication reliability may worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The access node serves as an intermediary between the customer's equipment and the business support system. It receives identifier information from the customer, validates it against pre-configured formats, and automatically initiates federation with the business support system. This intermediary layer maintains security by validating identifiers before allowing direct customer-to-network authentication, enabling automated activation without compromising authentication reliability.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements automated feedback loops where the access node continuously monitors identifier transmissions, validates them against security criteria, and automatically adjusts authentication parameters. The business support system receives feedback from the access node about connection status and automatically updates federation records, maintaining security through continuous validation while enabling seamless automated activation.
3Reliability
If traditional federal activation procedures are used requiring business support system intervention, then contractual relationship validation is improved, but device complexity and operational steps increase
Solution Approach 1:
The activation system is segmented into distinct functional modules: the access node handles identifier reception and initial validation, the business support system handles contractual validation and federation, and the customer equipment handles transmission. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable contractual validation through specialized processing at each stage.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a method for operating a customer premises equipment with a broadband access network of a telecommunications network, wherein the broadband access network comprises at least one access node, wherein a specific access node of the broadband access network is enabled to operatively connect the customer premises equipment to the telecommunications network in view of providing communication services and/or communication access services to a user related or connected to the customer premises equipment, wherein the broadband access network comprises a service edge entity or functionality and a policy controller entity or functionality as well as a business support system entity or functionality, wherein, in case that the customer premises equipment is unknown to the telecommunications network or has previously not been connected to the telecommunications network, the method comprises the following steps: -- in a first step, the customer premises equipment transmits a request to be connected to the broadband access network, via the specific access node, to the service edge entity or functionality and/or to the policy controller entity or functionality, wherein thereby the specific access node also transmits a line ID information related to the connection, or port, used by the customer premises equipment, -- in a second step, the customer premises equipment receives, from the service edge entity or functionality and/or from the policy controller entity or functionality the line ID information, -- in a third step, the customer premises equipment initiates a protected data transmission tunnel to the business support system entity or functionality, wherein the data transmission tunnel is specific to the customer premises equipment, and wherein the line ID information as well as an identifier information, relating to the customer premises equipment, is transmitted, using the data transmission tunnel, to the business support system entity or functionality.