Thomson Licensing

Lieven Gesquiere

Dirk Van De Poel

Stan Claes

Dmitry Adamushka

Bram Stes

Ronald Vanschoren

The invention relates to the field of accessing data stored in a file system and more particularly, to the optimization of accessing data of a file system. To this effect, the invention proposes a method of accessing files of a data file system according metadata related to the files, and a device for implementing the method.

Method for accessing files of a file system according to metadata and device implementing the method

The present invention concerns a network terminal, and method in a broadband terminal for upgrading a firmware, said terminal comprising an interface to a network and a non volatile memory adapted to store only one version of the firmware, the firmware comprising a first firmware and a second firmware, the method comprising, at the terminal, the step of erasing the first firmware from the non volatile memory, downloading a rescue firmware to the non volatile memory from a server located on the network, the rescue firmware being adapted to allow the terminal to download the firmware from the server, rebooting the terminal with the second firmware and the rescue firmware, downloading a new version of the first and second firmware from the server to the non volatile memory, erasing the rescue firmware from the non volatile memory, and rebooting the terminal with the new version of the first and second firmware.

Robust firmware upgrade in a network terminal

A modem for interconnecting a DSL line and a local bus comprises a DSL interface adapted to send and receive data on the DSL line at a DSL bandwidth selected from a first set of bandwidths, and a local bus interface adapted to operate at a local bus bandwidth selected from a second set of bandwidths so as to match the DSL bandwidth. In a first operating mode, the modem reserves as much as possible of a predetermined local bus bandwidth and then synchronizes the DSL line to a matching mode. In a second operating mode, the modem synchronizes the DSL line to a predetermined bandwidth and then reserves a matching local bus bandwidth or, if impossible, adopts a bulk transfer mode.

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