Patent ID: 7142591

Claim:
A method for oversubscribing a pool of modems, comprising the steps of: configuring a programmable digital signal processor as M high speed data modems and P low bandwidth synchronization modems; connecting the M high speed data modems to a set of M customer premise equipment devices; connecting the P low bandwidth synchronization modems to a set of P customer premise equipment devices; transferring user traffic data between the M high speed data modems and the set of M customer premise equipment devices; transferring synchronization data between the P low bandwidth synchronization modems and the set of P customer premise equipment devices; and dynamically reconfiguring the connections to the set of M customer premise equipment devices and P customer premise equipment devices such that at least one device of the set of P customer premise equipment devices is connected to one high speed data modem of the group of M high speed data modems so the user traffic data is transferred between the at least one device of the set of P customer premise equipment devices and the one high speed data modem of the group of M high speed data modems, and such that at least one device of the set of M customer premise equipment devices is connected to one low bandwidth synchronization modem of the group of P low bandwidth synchronization modems so the at least one device of the set of M customer equipment devices remains in a state as if it was connected to a high speed data modem.