Session dispatcher at a wireless multiplexer interface

Abstract

A wireless local loop communications system includes a digital subscriber line access multiplexer connected to a plurality of network terminals wherein each network terminal provides multi-session local loop access for user communications. A shared point to multi-point wireless communications link connects the digital subscriber line access multiplexer to the plurality of network terminals. Regulation of user and session access to the shared wireless communications link is effectuated by a session dispatcher functionality. That functionality utilizes a dispatcher at each network terminal that operates responsive to received commands to regulate user and session access to the shared wireless communications link. A proxy agent for the functionality at the access multiplexer operates responsive to configuration data to determine (a) which network terminal and (b) which sessions being handled thereby are to be granted access rights to the shared communications link and issue commands to the dispatcher to implement that determined allocation.

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