Method for digitally transmitting data with a variable bandwidth

• US 6,882,657 B1
• Filed: 01/22/1999
• Issued: 04/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Werner, Thomas, Schierbling, Claudia
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Man U.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TOAN D
• Application Number:
  US09/600,910
• Time in Patent Office: 2,279 Days
• Field of Search: 370/437, 370/465, 370/466, 370/467, 370/352, 370/401, 370/468, 370/503
• US Class Current: 370/437
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/5602 Bandwidth control in ATM Networks, e.g. leaky bucket
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0896 Bandwidth or capacity management, i.e. automatically increasing or decreasing capacities flow or congestion control using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation, H04L47/76

Abstract

A method for digital data transmission with a variable bandwidth which can be used in a network which has at least one server, a user terminal and a network management system. A connection is established between the user terminal and the server via an ADSL connection. Bandwidth selection data are transmitted from the user terminal to the network management system. Information data are then transmitted from the server to the user terminal via the ADSL connection. The bandwidth selection data may be transmitted via the EOC channel of the ADSL connection. The network management system transmits billing data to a billing device in a manner dependent on the previously transmitted bandwidth selection data.

Claims

1. A method for digital data transmission with a variable bandwidth in a network which has at least one server (3), a user terminal (6) and a network management system (4), having the following steps:

establishing a connection between the user terminal (6) and the server (3) at least partly by means of an ADSL connection (12),

displaying a plurality of bandwidths that can be selected on a display device (14) of the user terminal (6), transmitting bandwidth selection data, based on the selected one of the plurality of bandwidths, from the user terminal (6) to the network management system (4) assigned to the server (3),

transmitting information data from the server (3) to the user terminal (6) via the ADSL connection (12) and/or in the opposite direction with a bandwidth corresponding to the previously transmitted bandwidth selection data, in which case the network management system (4) communicates billing data to a billing device (5), assigned to the server (3), in a manner dependent on the previously transmitted bandwidth selection data, and

once the bandwidth selection data have been received, the network management system (4) transmits setting data on an ATU-C (2) of an ADSL system, which forwards the setting data to an ATU-R (1) of the ADSL system via an embedded operations channel (8) of the ADSL system for the purpose of synchronizing the settings.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the bandwidth selection data are transmitted via an embedded operations channel (8) of the ADSL connection (12).

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that a maximum bandwidth of the plurality of predetermined bandwidths that can be selected is set in a manner dependent on the system capabilities.