DEVICE ABSTRACTION PROXY

摘要

Described are systems and methods for implementing and operating a Device Abstraction Proxy (DAP). In one embodiment, the DAP includes a communications interface to connect the DAP to one or more access aggregation devices, each having a plurality of physical ports to provide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) communication services to a plurality of remote DSL terminals via the plurality of physical ports. The DAP may further include a memory and processor to execute or instantiate a virtual access aggregation device, in which a subset of the plurality of physical ports are allocated and linked to corresponding logical ports. The DAP may further include a global rule -set module to define operational constraints for the DSL communication services, and a management interface to allow at least one broadband access management system to manage the subset of physical ports allocated to the virtual access aggregation device subject to the operational constraints. The DAP may further include a Dynamic Spectrum Management (DSM) module to apply optimization techniques for reducing cross -talk among lines traversing a common binder by reducing transmit power or assigning communication spectrums to lines that are less likely to create interference noise.