Patent ID: 9350517
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: H04B,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method performed by a transceiver node, operable to provide bi-directional Time Division Duplexing (TDD) multicarrier communication over wire lines, the transceiver node being coupled to a plurality of loops, wherein each loop is terminated by a respective network terminal (NT), the method comprising: collecting traffic reports from local and remote queues associated with uplink and downlink traffic on the plurality of loops, wherein a queue from the queues is associated with a configured traffic profile related to upstream or downstream rates, and wherein the configured traffic profile includes a traffic contract component related to an assured rate, wherein the assured rate is a rate that is guaranteed to be provided on a loop when needed and that can be granted to other transmit directions of the loop or other loops when the loop is not fully utilizing the assured rate; determining an actual demand for upstream and downstream bandwidth, respectively, for each of the plurality of loops, based on the collected traffic reports; deriving an Upstream/Downstream (US/DS) frame partitioning based on the determined actual demand for upstream and downstream bandwidth and the configured traffic profile; providing an indication of the derived US/DS frame partitioning to the NTs; and scheduling NTs in accordance with the derived US/DS frame partitioning.