USING DYNAMIC HOST CONTROL PROTOCOL (DHCP) AND A SPECIAL FILE FORMAT TO CONVEY QUALITY OF SERVICE (QOS) AND SERVICE INFORMATION TO CUSTOMER EQUIPMENT

摘要

A request is received from customer premises equipment of a customer; the request is responded to with a pointer to a configuration file containing circuit configuration information for the customer. The configuration file is generated. Responsive to the customer premises equipment of the customer following the pointer, the configuration file is served out to the customer premises equipment of the customer. Subsequent internet traffic from the customer is treated in accordance with the configuration file