Patent ID: 7535866

Claim:
A method of installing new technology in an existing geographical distributed network, comprising: dedicating network resources of the geographically distributed network for the new technology to produce dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network, wherein the new technology includes at least one of Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO), spectral shaping, dynamic spectral balancing, or dynamic spectrum management, and wherein the network resources include a previously existing plurality of binders, each binder including a plurality of twisted copper wires; installing a central component for the new technology at a centralized network facility of the geographically distributed network, wherein the central component includes a transceiver associated with a particular new technology; coupling the dedicated network resources of the geographically distributed network to the central component, wherein the transceiver associated with a particular new technology is connected to the plurality of twisted copper wires of the existing geographically distributed network so as to incorporate the new technology in the existing geographically distributed network; coupling a subset of the dedicated network resources to a subscriber of the new technology, wherein a subset of the dedicated network resource assigned for the new technology is coupled to a local interconnect of the existing network such that the plurality of twisted copper wires of the subscriber is connected to the local interconnect, wherein the plurality of existed copper wires of the subscriber is coupled to the subset of the dedicated network resources; and installing subscriber equipment for the new technology at a site used by the subscriber, wherein the plurality of twisted copper wires of the subscriber to the subscriber equipment of the new technology, wherein the subscriber equipment of the new technology includes transceivers suited for operation with at least one of MIMO, spectral shaping, dynamic spectral balancing, or dynamic spectrum management technologies.