Patent ID: 6307836
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H04Q

Abstract:
A method whereby a user may convey to network intelligence a desire to operate a digital subscriber loop in a particular manner, comprising the steps of:(a) establishing a communications session over a communications network;(b) communicating a first access line mode for the communications session to the network intelligence;(c) requesting that the network intelligence change to a second access line mode for the communications session;(d) modifying transport network bandwidth during the communications session based on a change to the second access line mode wherein said first and said second access line modes include at least one of available bit rate (ABR), variable bit rate (VBR) and constant bit rate (CBR) services comprising the network intelligence performing at least one of the following steps;(e) causing a user signal to be routed as a connection through the network; and(f) causing the user signal to be input into a statistical multiplexer to traverse the network in a connectionless fashion, wherein the available bit rate (ABR) and variable bit rate (VBR) services comprises the steps of:(1) cross-connecting via a local switch fabric the user signal to the communications network through the statistical multiplexer; and(2) fitting subsequent traffic onto the transport network bandwidth.