Patent ID: 8989239
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a transmitter of a digital subscriber line (DSL) system, comprising the steps of: encoding a data stream into a plurality of first frames according to a framing configuration; obtaining a request for an on-line reconfiguration of the framing configuration from a receiver; suspending the encoding of the data stream into the first frames in response to the request; retransmitting at least one of the first frames to the receiver during a retransmission time period that occurs simultaneously with the suspending of the encoding of the data stream into the first frames; resuming the encoding of the data stream into a plurality of second frames according to a modified framing configuration consistent with the on-line reconfiguration; and transmitting the second frames to the receiver upon expiration of the retransmission time period.