Patent ID: 9438744
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A data transmission method for transmitting data within an xDSL data transmission system which comprises at least two xDSL data transmission devices connecting at least two Ethernet networks to the xDSL data transmission system, comprising: using a respective xDSL data transmission frame according to a first protocol stack for transmitting payload data via a transmission link provided between two adjacent xDSL data transmission devices, in which additionally an embedded operations channel is provided according to the first protocol stack; providing a second protocol stack different from the first protocol stack according to which an access to the embedded operations channel within an xDSL data transmission device is executed independently of any access to the payload data; and subsequently adding management data for diagnostics and configuration of the xDSL data transmission system to the embedded operations channel independently of the payload data of the xDSL data transmission frame, transferring them therein, and reading them out therefrom; wherein, due to the respective independent execution of access to the embedded operation channel, directly addressing a plurality of other xDSL transmission devices from each of such xDSL data transmission devices, and a restriction of the number of participants of such a system as specified by a relevant standard will be eliminated.