Data communication

摘要

A method of operating an access network including a plurality of data connections (19) between end-user devices (12, 14, 16, 18) and an aggregation transceiver device (20) at which the connections (19) are aggregated for onward connection through the access network, the method comprising storing a plurality of different profiles, each profile specifying values for parameters associated with each connection (19); and, for each connection, obtaining connection data relating to a monitoring period, said monitoring period comprising a plurality of shorter periods, said connection data comprising, for each of said shorter periods, an indication of whether said connection has experienced instability during said shorter period, and an indication of user activity on said connection during said shorter period; monitoring the performance of the connection in dependence on said connection data; selecting one of said stored profiles to be applied to the connection in dependence on the results of said monitoring; and applying the selected profile to the connection.

主权项

1. A method of operating an access network including a plurality of data connections between end-user devices and an aggregation transceiver device at which the data connections are aggregated for onward connection through the access network, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of different profiles, each profile specifying a set of values for one or more parameters associated with each data connection; and, for each data connection; obtaining connection data relating to a monitoring period, said monitoring period comprising a plurality of shorter periods, said connection data comprising, for each of said shorter periods, a first indication indicative of whether or not said data connection has experienced instability during said shorter period, and a second indication indicative of a measure of user activity on said data connection during said shorter period; monitoring the performance of the data connection in dependence on said connection data; selecting one of said stored profiles to be applied to the data connection in dependence on the results of said monitoring; and applying the selected profile to the data connection; wherein monitoring the performance of the data connection includes identifying, from the shorter periods within said monitoring period, those shorter periods in respect of which the second indication is indicative of user activity above a predetermined level having been observed on said data connection during said shorter period, and determining or estimating, from first indications obtained in respect of those shorter periods so-identified, a measure of the number of times that the data connection has experienced instability during those shorter periods so-identified within said monitoring period, discounting first indications obtained in respect of shorter periods in respect of which the second indications are indicative of user activity above said predetermined level not having been observed, when selecting a profile to apply to the data connection.