Digital subscriber line profile selection method and apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10142489-B2
Application number	US-201515300958-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 31, 2015
Priority date	Mar 31, 2014
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

An Initial Profile Application Apparatus (IPAA) is operable to apply an initial profile to a modem pair connection system, the modem pair connection system comprising a first modem, a corresponding second modem and a metallic wire connection, wherein the first and second modems are operable to establish a data connection between themselves over the metallic wire connection. The IPAA comprises: a receiver; an evaluator; a line database; a comparator; a determiner; and an applicator.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of applying an initial profile to a modem pair connection system, the modem pair connection system comprising a first modem, a corresponding second modem and a metallic wire connection, wherein the first and second modems are operable to establish a data connection between themselves over the metallic wire connection and wherein the metallic wire connection is a new connection to be used for the first time in its current form for supporting the data connection between the first and second modems, the method comprising:
receiving new-order information associated with a new order placed by a customer for a new broadband data connection to be supplied over the modem pair connection system;
evaluating a set of risk factors for the new order based on the received new-order information;
comparing the set of evaluated risk factors for the new order with corresponding risk factors for established modem pair connection systems, wherein none of the modem pairs in the established modem pair connection systems comprise both the first modem and the second modem, using a database storing information about a plurality of established modem pair connection systems which information includes values for the corresponding risk factors of each of the plurality of established modem pair connection systems, or information permitting the evaluation of such values, and information about a profile applied to each of the plurality of established modem pair connection systems;
determining an initial profile to apply to the modem pair connection system based on the comparison of risk factors; and
applying the determined initial profile to the modem pair connection system.

2. Processor implementable instructions stored on a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium for causing a processing device to carry out the method of claim 1 during execution of the instructions by the processing device.

3. A non-transitory computer-readable carrier medium carrying processor implementable instructions to, when loaded into and executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method as claimed in claim 1 .

4. An apparatus for applying an initial profile to a modem pair connection system, the modem pair connection system comprising a first modem, a corresponding second modem and a metallic wire connection, wherein the first and second modems are operable to establish a data connection between themselves over the metallic wire connection and wherein the metallic wire connection is a new connection to be used for the first time in its current form for supporting the data connection between the first and second modems, the apparatus comprising:
a receiver for receiving new-order information associated with a new order placed by a customer for a new broadband data connection to be supplied over the modem pair connection system;
an evaluator for evaluating a set of risk factors for the new order based on the received new-order information;
a line database storing information about a plurality of established modem pair connection systems which information includes values for the corresponding risk factors of each of the plurality of established modem pair connection systems, or information permitting the evaluation of such values, and information about a profile applied to each of the plurality of established modem pair connection systems;
a comparator for comparing the set of evaluated risk factors for the new order with corresponding risk factors for established modem pair connection systems, wherein none of the modem pairs in the established modem pair connection systems comprise both the first modem and the second modem, using information from the line database;
a determiner for determining an initial profile to apply to the modem pair connection system based on the comparison of risk factors; and
an applicator for applying the determined initial profile to the modem pair connection system.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising a Dynamic Line Management system for monitoring the operation of the modem pair connection system after having applied an initial profile to the system and from time to time applying a different profile to the system in dependence upon the results of monitoring the system, in order to drive the operation of the system towards a target level of operation based on observed operational parameters of the system.

Assignees

• British Telecomm

Inventors

• Linney Trevor
• Horsley Ian

Classifications

• H04B3/46

  Monitoring; Testing · CPC title

• H04L43/0894

  Packet rate · CPC title

• H04M11/062 Primary

  using different frequency bands for speech and other data · CPC title

• H04L12/2878

  Access multiplexer, e.g. DSLAM (generic distributed time multiplexers, e.g. TDM/TDMA H04J3/1694) · CPC title

• H04L41/0813

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title