Method and a multi-carrier transceiver supporting dynamic switching between active application sets

In a multicarrier communication system having a plurality of subchannels, a method for supporting at least two applications, the method comprising:

• associating each application in a set of currently active applications with a different Framer/Coder/Interleaver block for processing bits associated with that application;
• allocating at least one subchannel to each application in the set of currently active applications for carrying bits processed by the Framer/Coder/Interleaver block associated with that application;
• and
• allocating a previously unallocated subchannel, in response to a change in the set of currently active applications, to one application in the changed set of currently active applications for carrying bits processed by the Framer/Coder/Interleaver block associated with that one application in the changed currently active application set.

In a multicarrier communication system having a plurality of subchannels, a method for supporting at least two applications, the method comprising:

• processing bits associated with one or more applications in a first active application set using a different latency path for each application in the first active application set;
• allocating subchannels to the one or more applications in the first active application set for carrying bits associated with the one or more applications in the first active application set;
• transitioning to processing bits associated with one or more applications in a second different active application set over a different latency path for each application in the second different active application set;
• and
• changing the allocation of subchannels to the one or more applications in the second different active application set for carrying bits associated with the one or more applications in the second active application set.