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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2006
Zhi LI, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ganesh Krishnamurthi, Danville, CA (US);
Raj Savoor, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Zhi Li, San Ramon, CA (US);
Ganesh Krishnamurthi, Danville, CA (US);
Raj Savoor, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
AT&T Intellectual Property I, LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A system and method () are disclosed for managing quality of service for multimedia applications. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a network management system (NMS) () having a controller () that manages operations of a Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) () interfacing to a digital subscriber line (DSL) modem () over a digital subscriber line. The controller can be programmed to detect () a signal quality violation in the digital subscriber line according to a quality policy associated with a content source, cause () the DSLAM to interleave content supplied thereto by the content source; and cause () the DSLAM to allocate to the content supplied by the content source a first portion of a data service bandwidth assigned to the digital subscriber line. Additional embodiments are disclosed.