Method and Tool for Automatically Generating a Limited Set of Spectrum and Service Profiles

1. A method for automatically generating a limited set of spectrum and service profiles for use in an operator's telecommunication network, said limited set of spectrum and service profiles being associated with a plurality of performance link parameters including at least one of a target noise margin, a maximum allowable delay, a maximum bit rate, and a maximum power spectral density, said method comprising: collecting, by a dynamic line manager, physical layer parameter values for a plurality of individual lines, said physical layer parameter values including one or more of a loop attenuation, a background noise power, an impulse noise level and a transmitted power level; determining, by the dynamic line manager, a set of parameter values for each of the plurality of individual lines from said physical layer parameter values; generating, by the dynamic line manager, a probability density function for each of the set of parameter values based on the sets of parameter values for the plurality of individual lines; down-sampling, by the dynamic line manager, said probability density function for each of the set of parameter values to restrict a number of spectrum and service profiles in said limited set; and selecting and combining according to parameter and profile policies, by the dynamic line manager, a limited set of parameter values; and generating said limited set of spectrum and service profiles by cross-combining said limited set of parameter values.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the generating said probability density function for each of the set of parameter values comprises: determining histograms for each of the set of parameter values .

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a sampling step used for said down-sampling is determined based on a deviation between a current probability density value and a mean probability density value.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said selecting and combining a limited set of parameter values comprises: examining all possible cross-combinations of parameter value samples.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said parameter and profile policies comprise one or more of, a range of parameter values, a granularity for parameter values, a maximum number of profiles, and a minimum variation between profiles.

6. An apparatus for automatically generating a limited set of spectrum and service profiles for use in an operator's telecommunication network, said limited set of spectrum and service profiles being associated with a plurality of performance link parameters including at least one of a target noise margin, a maximum allowable delay, a maximum bit rate, and a maximum power spectral density, said apparatus comprising: a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon and a processor, which when executing the instructions, is configured to: collect physical layer parameter values for a plurality of individual lines, said physical layer parameter values including one or more of a loop attenuation, a background noise power, an impulse noise level and a transmitted power level; determine a set of parameter values for each of the plurality of individual lines from said physical layer parameter values; generate a probability density function for each of the set of parameter values based on the sets of parameter values for the plurality of individual lines; down-sample said probability density function for each of the set of parameter values to restrict a number of spectrum and service profiles in said limited set; and select and combine according to parameter and profile policies a limited set of parameter values; and generate said limited set of spectrum and service profiles by cross-combining said limited set of parameter values.