Patent ID: 7978706

Claim:
A method to combine multiple DSL transceivers to generate a single high data rate connection between a service provider and a DSL subscriber over a plurality of twisted pair communications channels comprising: utilizing at least one transmission parameter value, for each of the multiple DSL transceivers, to reduce a difference in latency between the multiple DSL transceivers; and transmitting a plurality of packets or cells from the service provider to the DSL subscriber, wherein a data rate for a first DSL transceiver of the multiple DSL transceivers is different than a data rate for a second DSL transceiver of the multiple DSL transceivers, wherein the at least one transmission parameter value is a Reed Solomon coding parameter value or an interleaving parameter value, and wherein the combined multiple DSL transceivers generate the single high data rate connection between the service provider and the DSL subscriber over the plurality of twisted pair communications channels.