User premises fiber interconnect as-a-service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12532041-B2
Application number	US-202418754798-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 26, 2024
Priority date	Jun 26, 2024
Publication date	Jan 20, 2026
Grant date	Jan 20, 2026

Abstract

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a fiber interconnect system that includes gateways and wall boxes. Gateways and wall boxes may include pluggable modules with client side connectors and may include optical connections. The client side connectors may be coupled to client devices via Ethernet connections, HDMI connections, and the like. The gateways and wall boxes may be coupled by optical fibers. Other embodiments are disclosed.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device, comprising:
a processing system including a processor; and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising: receiving first data from a wide area network (WAN) port of the device, the first data including a plurality of logical Ethernet bitstreams; instantiating a first virtual machine to receive a first logical Ethernet bitstream of the plurality of logical Ethernet bitstreams, and to produce a first logical video bitstream; and multiplexing a second logical Ethernet bitstream of the plurality of logical Ethernet bitstreams and the first logical video bitstream onto an optical fiber coupled to a multi-protocol fiber interface of the device.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the multiplexing the second logical Ethernet bitstream and the first logical video bitstream onto the optical fiber comprises wavelength multiplexing.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the first data from the WAN port comprises receiving the first data from an optical fiber WAN port or from a copper electrical WAN port.

4 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the first data from the WAN port comprises receiving the first data from a wireless WAN port.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise instantiating a virtual router and a virtual switch to receive the first data, and to separate the first data into the plurality of logical Ethernet bitstreams.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first virtual machine comprises a virtual set top box.

7 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the first virtual machine comprises a logical video streaming service device.

8 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further comprise addressing the first logical video bitstream to a destination device coupled to the optical fiber.

9 . The device of claim 8 wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from the destination device, a virtual infrared controller signal to control the first virtual machine, wherein the virtual infrared controller signal is received as a wavelength multiplexed signal on the optical fiber.

10 . A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
instantiating a virtual router or switch to communicate with a wide area network (WAN) port; instantiating a first virtual machine, the first virtual machine comprising a virtual streaming device coupled to receive a first logical Ethernet bitstream from the virtual router or switch and to create a logical video bitstream; and multiplexing the logical video bitstream and a second logical Ethernet bitstream onto an optical fiber coupled to a multi-protocol fiber interface.

11 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise addressing the logical video bitstream to a destination device coupled to the optical fiber.

12 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 11 wherein the operations further comprise receiving, from the destination device, a virtual infrared controller signal to control the virtual streaming device, wherein the virtual infrared controller signal is received as a wavelength multiplexed signal on the optical fiber.

13 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the multiplexing the logical video bitstream and the second logical Ethernet bitstream onto the optical fiber comprises wavelength multiplexing the logical video bitstream and the second logical Ethernet bitstream onto the optical fiber.

14 . The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise:
instantiating a second virtual machine, the second virtual machine comprising a virtual set top box coupled to receive a third logical Ethernet bitstream from the virtual router or switch and to create a second logical video bitstream; and multiplexing the second logical video bitstream onto the optical fiber coupled to the multi-protocol fiber interface.

15 . A method, comprising:
instantiating, by a processing system including a processor, a plurality of virtual machines coupled to receive data from a wide area network (WAN) port; creating, by the plurality of virtual machines, a plurality of data streams in different formats from the data received from the WAN port; and wavelength multiplexing, by the processing system, the plurality of data streams in the different formats onto an optical fiber.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises a video streaming service virtual machine.

17 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises a virtual router.

18 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises a virtual Ethernet switch.

19 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of virtual machines comprises a virtual set top box.

20 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the plurality of data streams of the different formats includes at least one logical HDMI data stream.

Assignees

• At & T Ip I Lp

Inventors

• Damle Rajendra
• Nelson Lynn

Classifications

• H04N21/236

  Assembling of a multiplex stream, e.g. transport stream, by combining a video stream with other content or additional data, e.g. inserting a URL [Uniform Resource Locator] into a video stream, multiplexing software data into a video stream; Remultiplexing of multiplex streams; Insertion of stuffing bits into the multiplex stream, e.g. to obtain a constant bit-rate; Assembling of a packetised elementary stream {(multiplexing of data packets for data networks, e.g. RTP/UDP H04L65/00)} · CPC title

• H04N21/632

  using a connection between clients on a wide area network, e.g. setting up a peer-to-peer communication via Internet for retrieving video segments from the hard-disk of other client devices (broadcast-related systems characterised by transmission among terminal devices H04H60/80; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104) · CPC title

• H04N21/42607 Primary

  for processing the incoming bitstream · CPC title