Dynamic configuration of digital subscriber line channels

摘要

A technique is provided which advantageously facilitates the dynamic recovery from faults in one or more communication channels. In accordance with the technique, the dynamic adjustment of DSL bandwidth allocation and/or symmetry across communications channels is combined with a dynamic bonding mechanism that, in cases of single or multiple loop failures, creates the appearance of a single higher-bandwidth channel by combining and/or distributing the communications traffic across the still available physical communications channels. In this way, the channel bonding technique advantageously facilitates the dynamic recovery from faults in one or more communication channels while preserving a symmetric bandwidth channel allocation.