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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2003
Albert Chungbor Wan, Austin, TX (US);
Ahmad C. Ansari, Austin, TX (US);
David Bruce Hartman, Austin, TX (US);
Mehrad Yasrebi, Austin, TX (US);
Albert Chungbor Wan, Austin, TX (US);
Ahmad C. Ansari, Austin, TX (US);
David Bruce Hartman, Austin, TX (US);
Mehrad Yasrebi, Austin, TX (US);
SBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A broadcast overlay network has a ring topology to carry broadcast traffic from a head-end network. A digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) has a network interface in communication with the broadcast overlay network. The DSLAM is to receive a request for a particular video channel from a customer premise via a line interface and to deliver the particular video channel from the network interface to the line interface.