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Dynamic DSL line bandwidth management with the subscriber's consent

  • US 8,484,349 B2
  • Filed: 02/08/2008
  • Issued: 07/09/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for dynamically managing subscriber bandwidth over a DSL network with a subscriber'"'"'s consent comprising:

  • determining bandwidth provided to the subscriber from a service provider;

    determining bandwidth requirement default rules and critical rules for a plurality of subscriber devices, the default rules comprising information provided by the service provider concerning minimum bandwidth requirements for a service, the critical rules comprising information concerning bandwidth allocation critical to network functionality;

    allocating the provided bandwidth to each of the plurality of subscriber devices in accordance with the bandwidth requirement default rules and the critical rules;

    receiving, after allocation, from the subscriber, a request for additional bandwidth for at least one of the plurality of devices;

    sending, to the subscriber, a list of non-critical active services with their current bandwidth utilization and availability for preemption, the list comprising bandwidth allocated to each of the non-critical services, and a bandwidth available for preemption for each of the non-critical services, wherein bandwidth available for preemption excludes bandwidth assigned according to the critical rules;

    receiving, from the subscriber, a selection of at least one service from the list of non-critical active services with bandwidth to be preempted;

    verifying whether the selected preempt service bandwidth complies with the bandwidth requirement default rules and critical rules;

    rejecting the subscriber selection if the selected preempt services do not meet the bandwidth requirement default rules and critical rules; and

    allocating bandwidth from the selected preempt services to the at least one of the plurality of subscriber devices requested by the subscriber.

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