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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2009
Philip a Everett, Ipswich, GB;
Christopher M Croot, Bury St Edmunds, GB;
Trevor P Linney, Stowmarket, GB;
Ashley Pickering, Ipswich, GB;
Philip A Everett, Ipswich, GB;
Christopher M Croot, Bury St Edmunds, GB;
Trevor P Linney, Stowmarket, GB;
Ashley Pickering, Ipswich, GB;
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY, London, GB;
Abstract
A management device () for use in an access network () including a plurality of data connections () between end user devices () and an aggregation transceiver device () where the connections () are aggregated for onward connection through the access network (), the access network storing in association with each data connection a Dynamic Line Management, DLM, profile which specifies a set of values for a plurality of parameters associated with the respective data connection. The device includes initial profile selection means for, when a line is to be caused to operate in a rate adaptive mode, selecting an initial profile for the line from among the plurality of stored different profiles in dependence upon one or more measurements, or a parameter or parameters derived from one or more measurements, made in respect of the connection while operating in another mode.