# US 2007/0121576 A1 · Method and device for providing communication services > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2007/0121576 A1 - Document ID: US20070121576A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 10/587,938 - Filed: 2005-02-15 - Published: 2007-05-31 - Earliest claimed: 2004-03-01 - Assignees: ECI Telecom Ltd. - Inventors: Shai Stein; Moredechay Morgenstern; Ofer Reviv - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20070121576A1 ## CPC - H04Q 11/04: for time-division multiplexing {(H04Q11/0001 takes precedence)} - H04Q 2213/13039: Asymmetrical two-way transmission, e.g. ADSL, HDSL - H04Q 2213/13166: Fault prevention - H04Q 2213/13179: Fax, still picture - H04Q 2213/13202: Network termination [NT] - H04Q 2213/13209: ISDN - H04Q 2213/1322: PBX - H04Q 2213/13298: Local loop systems, access network - H04Q 2213/13299: Bus - H04Q 2213/13332: Broadband, CATV, dynamic bandwidth allocation - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) ## Abstract Technology for providing subscribers with communication services in accordance with their agreements with a service provider, that comprises: a) determining a plurality of subscribers to be connected to the service provider via a distribution unit located in an access network; b) selecting a default advanced broadband technology (DABT) for the distribution unit; c) in the distribution unit, providing a plurality of communication devices to reserve for each of the plurality of subscribers, irrespective of their agreements reached with the service provider, an individual communication link for supplying broadband communication services based on the selected DABT; while d) enabling each of the plurality of subscribers to receive services in accordance with their respective agreements with the service provider. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-25. (canceled) ### Claim 26 A method of providing subscribers with communication services in accordance with their agreements with a service provider, the method comprises: determining a first plurality of subscribers to be connected to the service provider via a distribution unit located in an access network; determining an advanced broadband technology to be produced by the distribution unit as a minimal default technology (DABT); in the distribution unit, arranging a second plurality of substantially uniform communication devices for serving the first plurality of subscribers, and providing for each of said subscribers, irrespective of its individual agreement reached with the service provider, an individual communication link for supplying, from one of the communication devices, broadband communication services by using said DABT or a more advanced broadband technology, and enabling each of the plurality of subscribers to receive services in accordance with their respective agreements with the service provider. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The method according to claim 26, wherein said DABT is VDSL (Very high data rate Digital Subscriber Line). ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The method according to claim 26, wherein at least one of the subscribers is entitled to narrowband services only. ### Claim 29 (depends on 26) The method according to claim 26, further comprising preventing the use, by a particular subscriber, of communication services not included in the agreement between said particular subscriber and the service provider. ### Claim 30 A method of providing a narrowband subscriber with communication services in a converged broadband and narrowband communications access network, the method comprises establishing for said narrowband subscriber a communication link capable of carrying broadband communication services, while preventing the use by said subscriber of all communication services not included in an agreement between said subscriber and a service provider. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The method according to claim 30, wherein said communication link is being established between the narrowband subscriber and a communication device installed in a distribution unit and supporting said broadband communication services. ### Claim 32 (depends on 29, 30) The method according to claim 29 or 30, wherein said preventing is performed by remotely configuring the communication device located at the distribution unit and associated with said particular subscriber, where the configuration is carried out from a Local Exchange connected to the distribution unit. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29, 30) The method according to claim 29 or 30, wherein said preventing is performed by providing at least one of the subscribers with a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) unit specifically configured to provide only services in accordance with the subscriber's agreement with the service provider. ### Claim 34 (depends on 32) The method according to claim 32, further comprising a step of reconfiguring according to an updated subscriber's agreement with the service provider. ### Claim 35 A communication service distribution unit for use in a converged broadband and narrowband access network, comprising a first plurality of substantially uniform communication devices for serving a second plurality of subscribers associated with the distribution unit, wherein each of said communication devices being adapted to provide to its corresponding subscriber either a technologically advanced broadband communication service as a minimal default communication service, or a more advanced broadband communication service via an individual communication link, and wherein said subscribers include at least one narrowband subscriber. ### Claim 36 (depends on 35) The distribution unit according to claim 35, adapted to provide a more technologically advanced communication service to a limited number of the subscribers. ### Claim 37 (depends on 35) The distribution unit according to claim 35, wherein said broadband communication service is a technologically advanced type of communication service selected from a non-exhaustive list comprising: ADSL (Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line), VDSL (Very high data rate DSL), SHDSL (Single line High bit-rate DSL). ### Claim 38 (depends on 35) The distribution unit according to claim 35, comprising a plurality of communication devices capable of providing one and the same technologically advanced broadband communication service to all broadband and narrowband subscribers associated with the unit. ### Claim 39 A service filtering means operative to derive, from a technologically advanced broadband communication service reserved for a particular subscriber at a distribution unit in an access network, only communication services agreed between said particular subscriber and a service provider. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The service filtering means according to claim 39, being configurable. ### Claim 41 (depends on 40) The service filtering means according to claim 40, remotely configurable and associated with a communication device providing said broadband communication service at the distribution unit. ### Claim 42 (depends on 39) The service filtering means according to claim 39, comprising a Customer's Premises Equipment (CPE) unit for use in said subscriber's premises. ### Claim 43 (depends on 35) The distribution unit according to claim 35, comprising a service filtering means operative to derive, from the technologically advanced broadband communication service reserved for a particular subscriber at the distribution unit, only communication services agreed between said particular subscriber and a service provider. ### Claim 44 A system for providing broadband and narrowband subscribers with communication services in accordance with their agreements with a service provider, the system comprises a distribution unit accommodating at least one communication device operative to provide a broadband communication service and connected to a narrowband subscriber via an individual communication link and via a service filtering means; the service filtering means being operative to prevent the use by the narrowband subscriber of communication services not included in an agreement between said narrowband subscriber and the service provider.