Data carousel franchise provisioning

摘要

Data is provisioned from a data carousel in the head end of a broadband data distribution system covering a plurality of franchises. The data destination is based on the franchise to which a customer belongs. The distribution system includes at least one broadband digital terminal for providing a point-to-multipoint connection between the data carousel and the customer. A franchise permanent virtual circuit is established between the data carousel and the BDT for each franchise served by the BDT. Each franchise PVC carries franchise-specific data. A sign on request is received from the customer over a customer PVC. The sign on request is used to determine to which franchise the customer belongs. A soft PVC is established in the BDT between the customer PVC and the franchise PVC corresponding to the determined franchise, thereby allowing franchise-specific information to be delivered to the customer.