Patent ID: 6967952

Claim:
A data loop extension for a communication system, comprising: a symmetric bi-directional transmission line having a first end and a second end; a remote termination unit coupled between the first end of the transmission line and a plurality of customer premise equipment, the remote termination unit configured to receive a plurality of ATM data from each customer premise equipment over a respective ADSL link for transmission over the transmission line; a line card coupled to the second end of the transmission line configured to receive the ATM data transmitted from the remote termination unit over the transmission line; and at least one repeater coupled between the first and second end of the transmission line configured to detect the ATM data received from the remote termination unit and to regenerate the ATM data for transmission to the line card wherein the transmission line supports G.shdsl PAM-16 coding and supports a transmission rate of approximately 1.544 Mbps.