Configuration method and related device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11902093-B2
Application number	US-202217721043-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 14, 2022
Priority date	Oct 17, 2019
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

Embodiments of this application disclose a configuration method that may be applied to a software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN). The method includes: receiving a correspondence between a device identifier of a first device and a first location; sending, to the first device, a verification request related to verifying whether the first device is located at the first location; receiving a verification response to the verification request; and determining, based on the verification response, whether to send configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device. The methods in the embodiments of this application may be implemented by a software-defined network (SDN) controller.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A configuration method, comprising:
obtaining, by an onsite deployment device, a device identifier of a first device;
ascertaining, by the onsite deployment device, a first location of the first device;
establishing a correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
receiving, by a controller, the correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
sending, to the first device, a verification request related to verifying whether the first device is located at the first location;
receiving a verification response to the verification request that is initiated by the user; and
determining, by the onsite deployment device based on the verification response, whether to send configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the verification request is used to request the first device to turn on at least one indicator of the first device in a predetermined manner.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the verification request is used to request a speaker of the first device to produce a sound in a predetermined manner.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by a software-defined network (SDN) controller.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first device is a customer-premises equipment (CPE).

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the verification request is used to request to verify whether the first device is located at the first location.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the verification request is used to request to determine credibility of the first device based on whether the first device is located at the first location.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the verification request is used to request to determine, based on whether the first device is located at the first location, whether to send the configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device.

9. A configuration system, comprising:
an onsite deployment device;
a controller;
at least one processor; and
one or more memories coupled to the at least one processor and storing an instruction which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the system to:
obtain, by the onsite deployment device, a device identifier of a first device;
ascertain, by the onsite deployment device, a first location of the first device;
establish, by the onsite deployment device, a correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
receive, by the controller, the correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
send, to the first device, a verification request related to verifying whether the first device is located at the first location, wherein
receive a verification response to the verification request; and
determine, by the onsite deployment device based on the verification response, whether to send configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device.

10. The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the verification request is used to request the first device to turn on at least one indicator of the first device in a predetermined manner.

11. The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the verification request is used to request a speaker of the first device to produce a sound in a predetermined manner.

12. The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the first device is a customer-premises equipment (CPE).

13. The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the verification request is used to request to verify whether the first device is located at the first location.

14. The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the verification request is used to request to determine a credibility of the first device based on whether the first device is located at the first location.

15. The controller according to claim 9 , wherein the verification request is used to request to determine, based on whether the first device is located at the first location, whether to send the configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device.

16. A non-transitory storage medium storing a program that is executable by one or more processors, the program including instructions for:
obtaining, by an onsite deployment device, a device identifier of a first device;
ascertaining, by the onsite deployment device, a first location of the first device;
establishing a correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
receiving, by a controller, the correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
sending, to the first device, a verification request related to verifying whether the first device is located at the first location;
receiving a verification response to the verification request; and
determining, by the onsite deployment device based on the verification response, whether to send configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device.

17. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the verification request is used to request the first device to turn on at least one indicator of the first device in a predetermined manner.

18. The non-transitory storage medium according to claim 16 , wherein the verification request is used to request a speaker of the first device to produce a sound in a predetermined manner.

19. A computer program product comprising computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer storage medium that, when executed by a processor, cause an apparatus to:
obtain, by an onsite deployment device, a device identifier of a first device;
ascertain, by the onsite deployment device, a first location of the first device;
establish a correspondence between the device identifier and the first location;
receive, by a controller, the correspondence between the device identifier of the first device and the first location;
send, to the first device, a verification request related to verifying whether the first device is located at the first location;
receive a verification response to the verification request; and
determine, by the onsite deployment device based on the verification response, whether to send configuration information corresponding to the first location to the first device.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hao Weiguo
• Dahu Bayaer

Classifications

• H04W12/63

  Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent · CPC title

• H04L41/0846 Primary

  based on copy from other elements · CPC title

• H04L9/0894 Primary

  Escrow, recovery or storing of secret information, e.g. secret key escrow or cryptographic key storage · CPC title

• H04L12/2898

  Subscriber equipments (DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801) · CPC title

• H04L41/122

  of virtualised topologies, e.g. software-defined networks [SDN] or network function virtualisation [NFV] · CPC title