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Device abstraction proxy

  • US 9,344,294 B2
  • Filed: 11/02/2010
  • Issued: 05/17/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A Device Abstraction Proxy comprising:

  • a communications interface to connect the Device Abstraction Proxy to multiple access aggregation devices, each having a plurality of physical ports to provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) communication services to a plurality of remote DSL terminals via the plurality of physical ports;

    wherein the Device Abstraction Proxy is to represent the plurality of physical ports at the multiple access aggregation devices communicably interfaced therewith to a DSL service provider as one virtual access aggregation device within the Device Abstraction Proxy;

    wherein the Device Abstraction Proxy has a memory and a processor therein to execute the virtual access aggregation device at the Device Abstraction Proxy, wherein the plurality of physical ports are allocated to the virtual access aggregation device and linked to corresponding logical ports within the virtual access aggregation device;

    a global rule-set module to define operational constraints for the DSL communication services; and

    a management interface to allow at least one broadband access management system to manage the plurality of physical ports allocated to the virtual access aggregation device subject to the operational constraints.

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