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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2005
John F. Mchale, Austin, TX (US);
Robert H. Locklear, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Burke, Ii, Austin, TX (US);
John F. McHale, Austin, TX (US);
Robert H. Locklear, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Robert M. Burke, II, Austin, TX (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A communication system () includes a plurality of subscriber systems () coupled to a plurality of twisted pair data lines (). Each subscriber system () has an availability guarantee value, which may specify a level of service for the subscriber system (). A communication server () is coupled to the plurality of subscriber systems (). The communication server () selectively couples a subscriber system (), responsive to a request for service, to either a first modem pool () or a second modem pool () based on the availability guarantee value associated with the subscriber system (). Communication server () can also provide a soft-termination state and dynamic network address allocation for subscriber systems ().