Patent ID: 7869360
Filing Date: 2011-01-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for saving power on a digital subscriber line (xDSL), comprising: generating, by a data rate statistic unit, a statistic result on data rates on the xDSL; adjusting, by a line parameter adjustment unit, a line rate and a transmit power on the xDSL according to the statistic result; and updating, by a line rate updating unit, a line rate of an xDSL transceiver according to the adjusted line rate and the transmit power; wherein the process of adjusting the line rate and the transmit power on the xDSL according to the statistic result comprises: setting a line rate adjustment policy; and when the statistic result meet the conditions of the set line rate adjustment policy, updating a bit entry and a gain entry corresponding to the xDSL line.