International Business Machines Corporation

Eci Telecom Ltd.

Brent W Lamm

Rhonda L Childress

Gregory Morgan Evans

Ravirajan Rajan

Sara H Waggoner

Kenneth M Becker

Michael B Oliver

Bryan H McChesney, Iii

Thomas L Newton

Roger L Embry

Patrick T McElwee

Disclosed are a tool, a method, and a computer program for suppressing events. The tool comprises a database having a resource table, a batch loader interface for creating or updating said resource table, and a web based user interface to said database. The event suppression tool further comprises a batch interface to receive data about planned activities and affected resources; and code for creating suppression activity windows from said data and said resource table, and for suppressing from said user interface, new events that fall within said activity windows. The preferred embodiment of the invention allows temporarily suppressing various actions for events received for certain resources during specified times.

Event suppression tool for temporarily suppressing actions on received events

A coaxial-based communication system connects network-side xDSL services to xDSL CPE devices and avoids interference from a noise spectrum that is degrading to xDSL performance or emission compliance on either the network or customer premises sides on the NID. The system provides an NID and a CPE interface device at the two ends of the coaxial wiring to perform a spectral relocation of the xDSL signal to a lower noise frequency band than is used for the xDSL service. Interfaces to the system are industry standard xDSL, POTS, and CATV services, while the transport medium is the normal coaxial type wiring and CATV splitters found on the customer premise.

System employing XDSL spectrum relocation

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Bailey, NC, United States of America

Brent W Lamm