Patent ID: 9473240
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A communication system for providing twisted pair multilink communications, the communication system comprising: a first operator end terminal unit configured to: couple to a first customer premises equipment (CPE) via a first twisted pair; and exchange first communications with the first CPE for transmission of a first part of traffic data of the first CPE over a first communication link on the first twisted pair; and a second operator end terminal unit configured to: couple to a second CPE via a second twisted pair; determine to purposefully exchange second communications with the first CPE for transmission of a second part of the traffic data of the first CPE over a second communication link that is a crosstalk link induced between the second twisted pair and the first twisted pair; and exchange the second communications with the first CPE over the second communication link, wherein a total communications rate for the first CPE comprises a first communications rate of the first communications combined with a second communications rate of the second communications.