Patent ID: 7580379

Claim:
A method for dynamic bin allocation, the method comprising: obtaining link performance data based on a plurality of test transmissions between two network elements, wherein the plurality of test transmissions comprises an upstream transmission, a downstream transmission, and a full-duplex transmission, the plurality of test transmissions performed in every channel of a discrete multi-tone (DMT) communications system and each performed at a maximum transmission power; determining a desired transmission scheme for the discrete multi-tone communications system, wherein each channel of the discrete multi-tone communications system is designated a transmission mode based on the link performance data, wherein the link performance data comprises at least one of a data rate, an error rate, a signal-to-interference ratio, and a signal-to-noise ratio and the transmission mode is selected from an upstream mode, a downstream mode, and a full-duplex mode; and assigning the desired transmission scheme to a connection between the two network elements in the discrete multi-tone communications system.