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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2010
Joe Polland, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Manish Kumar Sharma, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Xinkuan Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Joe Polland, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Manish Kumar Sharma, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Xinkuan Zhou, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
ADC DSL Systems, Inc., Shakopee, MN (US);
Abstract
A communication network comprises a first central digital subscriber line (DSL) unit having at least one application port and a plurality of DSL ports; a first remote DSL unit having at least one application port and at least one DSL port, wherein the first remote DSL unit is communicatively coupled to the central DSL unit via a first single independent DSL pair having a first EOC channel; and a second remote DSL unit having at least one application port and at least one DSL port, wherein the second remote DSL unit is communicatively coupled to the central DSL unit via a second single independent DSL pair having a second EOC channel; wherein the at least one application port in the central DSL unit is communicatively coupled to an application port in at least one of the first remote DSL unit and the second remote DSL unit.