Patent ID: 7406042
Filing Date: 2008-07-29
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for communication by subscribers across a plurality of subscriber lines, and the apparatus comprising: a first set of modems each including a transmit path, and the first set of modems configured to couple to corresponding ones of a plurality of subscriber lines; a sequencer coupled to the first set of modems for determining a sequencing of data from each of the subscribers onto selected ones of the plurality of subscriber lines to correspond with subscriber data rate requirements; and a bundler coupled to the transmit path of each modem of the first set of modems to bundle transmitted data for each of the subscribers on the plurality of subscriber lines in the sequence determined by the sequencer; and wherein the sequencer and bundler reduce a latency of transmissions by offsetting corresponding symbol intervals of each of the plurality of subscriber lines by an amount of offset which corresponds with the function: where SS corresponds with the symbol interval and N corresponds with a number of active ones of the plurality of subscriber lines.