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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2006
Ashley Pickering, Ipswich, GB;
Philip Everett, Ipswich, GB;
Norwin Simms, Belfast, GB;
Gary Dalby, Barking Tye, GB;
Trevor Linney, Stowmarket, GB;
Ashley Pickering, Ipswich, GB;
Philip Everett, Ipswich, GB;
Norwin Simms, Belfast, GB;
Gary Dalby, Barking Tye, GB;
Trevor Linney, Stowmarket, GB;
British Telecommunications Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
A management device for automatically provisioning a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) for use in connecting Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) to an Internet Protocol (IP) network via a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexor (DSLAM) and the BRAS, the management device comprising: a first interface for receiving from time to time data readings from the DSLAM indicative of the current or recent line rate of the DSL; a processor unit for calculating from the received data readings a consistent rate indicative of a consistent line rate of the DSL based on a plurality of data readings for the DSL from the DSLAM; and a second interface for transmitting provisioning messages to the BRAS for provisioning the BRAS to restrict data flowing to the DSL to a maximum rate selected by the management device in accordance with the calculated consistent rate.