US 20O2/O191539 A1 Dec. 19, 2002(Continued) Related US Application Data Primary
Examiner Derrick W. Ferris (60) Provisional application No. 60/331.217, filed on Nov.(57) …

A data network may include an upstream router having one or more data handling queues, a
downstream router, and a policy server. In one embodiment, the policy server includes …

In accordance with an implementation, a system is pro vided that includes a service
activation engine (SAE) includ-50 ing a policy information base (PIB) file that defines a …

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A method is disclosed for carrying out network device provisioning and configuration, and
communication of other information to a network device, automatically and in an assured …

(57) ABSTRACT A system and an apparatus are disclosed for carrying out automatic
network device provisioning and configuration. A configuration service receives a request …

6,041,353 A 3/2000 Hirata et a1. 6,046,981 A 4/2000 Ramamurthyetal. interactively select a
path that includes two media aggrega tion managers and at least one router. The GUI …

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A packet-based communication system comprises first and second endpoints, an application
manager and a policy server. When establishing a connection between the endpoints the …

In a communications system in which a plurality of subscriber apparatuses and a station
apparatus are connected to the same transmission channel for bidirectional communication …