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The last mile or last kilometer is a phrase widely used in the telecommunications, cable television and internet industries to refer to the final leg of the telecommunications networks that deliver telecommunication services to retail end-users (customers). More specifically, the last mile means the portion of the telecommunications network chain that physically reaches the end-user's premises. Examples are the copper wire subscriber lines connecting landline telephones to the local telephone exchange; coaxial cable service drops carrying cable television signals from utility poles to subscribers' homes, and cell towers linking local cell phones to the cellular network. The word "mile" is used metaphorically; the length of the last mile link may be more or less than a mile. Because the last mile of a network to the user is conversely the first mile from the user's premises to the outside world when the user is sending data, the term first mile is also alternatively used.
A plurality of channels over which devices may communicate with a network access point to communicate with one or more network nodes communicatively coupled to the network access point are monitored. Based on the monitoring, a channel priority level is assigned to each channel. Data traffic on logical connections over the plurality of channels between a plurality of devices and the network access point are also monitored. A data traffic type is determined for each logical connection. Based on the type of data traffic present on a given logical connection, a traffic priority level is assigned to that logical connection. Based at least in part on the traffic priority level assigned to each logical connection and the channel priority level assigned to each channel, a first channel is assigned to the respective logical connection. The logical connection then communicates with the network access point over the first channel.