CPC H04L 61/5053 (2022.05) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 61/251 (2013.01); H04L 61/5014 (2022.05)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for acquiring an Internet Protocol (IP) lease, the method comprising:
sending, by a network device at a customer premises to a posture controller at a service provider system, a request to use by the network device a preferred acquisition posture to acquire an IP lease, wherein the network device is provisioned with multiple acquisition postures including the preferred acquisition posture;
receiving, by the network device from the posture controller at the service provider system, a selected acquisition posture based on network device information for use by the network device to acquire the IP lease in response to the request;
attempting, by the network device, to acquire the IP lease using the selected acquisition posture; and
operating, by the network device, using the acquired IP lease.
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