Patent ID: 8165156

Claim:
An Ethernet Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) configured to provide dynamic service selection and end-user configuration of service bindings in a digital communication system, wherein the Ethernet DSLAM includes a processor coupled to a non-transitory memory device, wherein when the processor executes computer program instructions stored on the non-transitory memory device, the Ethernet DSLAM is caused to: receive login credentials and a service request from an end-user device; authenticate the login credentials through an authentication server; configure the Ethernet DSLAM to provide an advanced service binding corresponding to the requested service utilizing a plurality of attributes received from the authentication server, said attributes including an identification of an access network for the requested service, and an identification of a Permanent Virtual Circuit (PVC) on a local DSL loop associated with the end-user device, wherein by configuring the Ethernet DSLAM to provide the advanced service binding, a Broadband Remote Access Server (BRAS) is no longer needed; and train a bridging network terminal (NT) having a plurality of PVCs to utilize the identified PVC for sending upstream traffic from the end-user terminal to the Ethernet DSLAM, wherein the Ethernet DSLAM is configured to send initial downstream traffic from the Ethernet DSLAM to the end-user device utilizing the identified PVC.