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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2015
Applicant:
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Inventors:
Peter Sharples, London, GB;
Trevor Linney, London, GB;
Assignee:
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS public limited company, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/32 (2006.01); H04M 3/22 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 12/919 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 3/32 (2013.01); H04M 3/2263 (2013.01); H04L 5/0066 (2013.01); H04L 47/765 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and device are provided for allocating resources in a DSL network, comprising the steps of a first-tier DSL network element receiving a resource requirement of a second-tier DSL subscriber line, the first-tier DSL network element determining a resource requirement of a first-tier DSL subscriber line, and the first-tier DSL network element allocating resources to the first-tier DSL subscriber line based on the resource requirements of the first and second tier DSL subscriber lines.