A system and methods to optimize the resource planning of ADSL services is provided. In an illustrative implementation, a network management system (NMS) communicates with an ADSL network to provision resources for participating users. The provisioning process yields a permanent virtual circuit (PVC)....http://www.google.de/patents/US7440413?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7440413 - Asynchronous digital subscriber line (ADSL) resource planning
