Digital subscriber line user capacity estimation
AssigneeSBC Knowledge Ventures, L.P.
InventorStuart Lynch Blackburn
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Abstract
In a particular embodiment, the present disclosure is directed to a data communications system. The data communication system includes a plurality of digital subscriber lines, a digital subscriber line multiplexer coupled to each of the plurality of digital subscriber lines; and a data switch coupled to the digital subscriber line multiplexer via a communication link. The data communications system is configured such that the number of digital subscriber line users supported by the digital subscriber line multiplexer is determined based on an estimated maximum number of users, the estimated maximum number of users determined based on an average peak bandwidth per user value, a data communication capacity of the communication link, and a data transmission slowdown indicator.
Claims16
A method of configuring a data network, the method comprising:
- determining an average peak bandwidth per user value for the data network;
- determining a capacity of a communication link connecting a digital subscriber line access multiplexer (DSLAM) and an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch;
- determining a data transmission slowdown indicator that includes a slowdown amount and a probability of experiencing a slowdown event;
- determining an estimated maximum number of users of digital subscriber lines that may be supported by the DSLAM, where the estimated maximum number of users of digital subscriber lines is based on the average peak bandwidth per user value, the capacity of the communication link, and the customer data transmission slowdown indicator;
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- configuring the data network such that the DSLAM has a configured number of users of digital subscriber lines that is less than or equal to the estimated maximum number of users of digital subscriber lines.
A method of configuring a data network, the method comprising:
- determining an average peak bandwidth per user value for the data network;
- determining a capacity of a communication link connecting a remote terminal (RT) to asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch via an optical concentrator device;
- determining a data transmission slowdown indicator that includes a slowdown amount and a probability of experiencing a slowdown event;
- determining an estimated maximum number of users that may be supported by the RT, where the estimated maximum number of users is based on the average peak bandwidth per user value, the capacity of the communication link, and the data transmission slowdown indicator;
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- configuring the data network such that the RT has a configured number of users of subscriber lines that is less than or equal to the estimated maximum number of users that may be supported by the RT.
A data communications system comprising:
- a plurality of digital subscriber lines;
- a digital subscriber line multiplexer coupled to each of-the plurality of digital subscriber lines;
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- a data switch coupled to the digital subscriber line multiplexer via a communication link;
- wherein the data communications system is configured such that the number of digital subscriber line users supported by the digital subscriber line multiplexer is determined based on an estimated maximum number of users, the estimated maximum number of users determined based on an average peak bandwidth per user value, a data communication capacity of the communication link, and a data transmission slowdown indicator, the data transmission slowdown indicator comprising a slowdown amount and a probability of experiencing a slowdown event.
A data communications system comprising:
- a plurality of digital subscriber lines;
- a remote terminal device coupled to each of the plurality of digital subscriber lines;
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- a data switch coupled to the remote terminal device via a communication link;
- wherein the data communications system is configured such that the number of digital subscriber line users supported by the remote terminal device is determined based on an estimated maximum number of users, the estimated maximum number of users determined based on an average peak bandwidth per user value, a data communication capacity of the communication link, and a data transmission slowdown indicator, the data transmission slowdown indicator comprising a slowdown amount and a probability of experiencing a slowdown event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.