DSL data collection system
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1. A method comprising:
- obtaining, at a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) system component, information to be sent to a recipient;
determining whether a DSL system component is operating in a fast operational mode or an interleaved operational mode and selecting the other mode as an unused mode;
selecting a system management operational data parameter of the unused mode from among a plurality of system management operational data parameters used to communicate management operational data on a physical layer management channel;
assigning the information, at the DSL system component, to at least one bit of the selected operational data parameter in place of the information that the parameter normally would carry to generate an amended operational data parameter, the parameter being amended by containing the information assigned to the parameter;
sending the amended operational data parameter using the physical layer management channel from the DSL system component to the recipient.
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Abstract
Information is sent by a DSL system component using a non-disruptive operational data parameter. One or more bits of the non-disruptive operational data parameter are used to send other information. In some instances the selected parameter will be an unused parameter, such as an unused fast operational mode or interleaved operational mode parameter used to report operational data in a DSL system. In one embodiment of the invention, a remote modem provides a unique equipment identifier that can be paired with the telephone number on which the modem is operating. Verification of and/or searching for the correct pairing of telephone number and unique equipment identifier can be performed as well.
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1. A method comprising:
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obtaining, at a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) system component, information to be sent to a recipient; determining whether a DSL system component is operating in a fast operational mode or an interleaved operational mode and selecting the other mode as an unused mode; selecting a system management operational data parameter of the unused mode from among a plurality of system management operational data parameters used to communicate management operational data on a physical layer management channel; assigning the information, at the DSL system component, to at least one bit of the selected operational data parameter in place of the information that the parameter normally would carry to generate an amended operational data parameter, the parameter being amended by containing the information assigned to the parameter; sending the amended operational data parameter using the physical layer management channel from the DSL system component to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A controller for a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) system, the controller comprising:
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means for instructing a DSL system component to transmit information to the controller using a system management operational data parameter of a physical layer management channel, wherein the component uses one or more physical layer operational data parameters of a DSL operational mode of the DSL system to report operational data over the physical layer management channel and wherein instructing the component to transmit information includes instructing the component to determine whether the DSL system component is operating in a fast operational mode or an interleaved operational mode and select the other mode as an unused mode, to identify an operational data parameter from the unused DSL operational mode and to assign at least part of the information to one or more bits of the identified operational data parameter in place of the information that the parameter normally would carry to generate an amended unused operational data parameter, the parameter being amended by containing the information assigned to the parameter; means for collecting the amended operational data parameter sent by the DSL system component using the physical layer management channel and for retrieving the transmitted information therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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obtaining information to be sent to a recipient; determining whether a DSL system component is operating in a fast operational mode or an interleaved operational mode and selecting the other mode as an unused mode; selecting a system management operational data parameter of the unused mode from among a plurality of system management operational data parameters used to communicate management operational data on a physical layer management channel; assigning the information, at the DSL system component, to the selected operational data parameter in place of the information that the parameter normally would carry generate an amended unused operational data parameter, the parameter being amended by containing the information assigned to the parameter; sending the amended operational data parameter using the physical layer management channel from the DSL system component to the recipient. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. A controller for a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) system, the controller comprising:
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an information verification module to instruct a DSL system component to transmit information using a physical layer management channel to the controller using a physical layer operational data parameter as an amended operational data parameter, the physical layer management channel having a plurality of system management operational data parameters used to communicate management operational data on the channel, some of the parameters being used in a fast operational mode, some being used in an interleaved operational mode, and some being used in both operational modes, the operational data parameter for transmitting the information being selected as an operational data parameter of a currently unused operational mode of the DSL system component, the parameter being amended by assigning the information to be transmitted to the parameter in place of the information that the parameter normally would carry if the DSL component were using the unused operational mode; and a collecting module to collect the amended operational data parameter sent by the DSL system component using the physical layer management channel and to retrieve the transmitted information therefrom. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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