Patent ID: 7142590

Claim:
A method for oversubscribing a group of M DSL modems comprising the steps of: (a) connecting the group of M DSL modems to a set of corresponding M customer premise equipment devices; (b) connecting a group of P operation administration maintenance/embedded operations channel (OAM/EOC) modems to a set of corresponding P customer premise equipment devices; (c) transferring user traffic data between the group of M DSL modems and the set of corresponding M customer premise equipment devices; (d) transferring synchronization data between the group of P OAM/EOC modems and the set of corresponding P customer premise equipment devices; and (e) dynamically reconfiguring the connections to the set of corresponding M customer premise equipment devices and P customer premise equipment devices such that at least one device of the set of corresponding P customer premise equipment devices is connected to one DSL modem of the group of M DSL modems so the user traffic data is transferred between the at least one device of the set of corresponding P customer premise equipment devices and the one DSL modem of the group of M DSL modems, and such that at least one device of the set of corresponding M customer premise equipment devices is connected to one OAM/EOC modem of the group of P OAM/EOC modems so the at least one device of the set of corresponding M customer equipment devices remains in a state as if it was connected to a DSL modem.