Advanced gateway for multiple broadband access

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9577923-B2
Application number	US-201313827811-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2013
Priority date	Mar 14, 2013
Publication date	Feb 21, 2017
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017

Abstract

An advanced gateway for multiple broadband access can include a plurality of broadband network interfaces. The advanced gateway can route data from a local network interface to a broadband network interface when a performance attribute of the broadband network meets or exceeds a data characteristic of data conveyed through the local network interface. In another embodiment, a first advanced gateway can send a portion of data received through the local network interface to a second advanced gateway when performance attributes associated with the first advanced gateway cannot meet or exceed a data characteristic of data received through a local network interface of the first advanced gateway. In yet another embodiment, an advanced gateway can receive commands from service providers, determine a recipient device for the command and forward the command to the recipient device through a device interface coupled to the recipient device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a gateway having a plurality of broadband interfaces and at least one local network interface different from the plurality of broadband interfaces, the method comprising:
receiving data traffic via the at least one local network interface;
determining a first traffic characteristic associated with the data traffic;
selecting, at the gateway, a first broadband interface based, at least in part, on the first traffic characteristic, wherein selecting the first broadband interface comprises comparing the first traffic characteristic with performance attributes of the plurality of broadband interfaces and determining that the first broadband interface has a first performance attribute that equals or exceeds the first traffic characteristic; and
routing the data traffic from the at least one local network interface to the first broadband interface in response to selecting the first broadband interface.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the first traffic characteristic comprises monitoring the data traffic passing through the at least one local network interface.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data traffic is received from a device communicatively coupled to the at least one local network interface, wherein the first traffic characteristic is based, at least in part, on a message received from the device, the message indicating the first traffic characteristic.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first broadband interface comprises selecting the first broadband interface at a packet level.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data traffic comprises a data traffic stream, and wherein the first traffic characteristic is at least one of a minimum bandwidth, a maximum data latency and a round trip time associated with the data traffic stream.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first traffic characteristic is a security characteristic regarding transportation of the data traffic.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the first broadband interface further comprises preferentially selecting a non-wireless broadband interface.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining that the first traffic characteristic indicates critical delivery.

9. The method of claim 8 ,
wherein selecting the first broadband interface further comprises selecting a second broadband interface; and
wherein routing the data traffic comprises routing the data traffic to both the first broadband interface and the second broadband interface contemperanously in response to determining that the first traffic characteristic indicates critical delivery.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first traffic characteristic is a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) traffic characteristic and the first broadband interface comprises a cellular broadband interface.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a second traffic characteristic associated with the data traffic, wherein the first broadband interface includes a second performance attribute that equals or exceeds the second traffic characteristic.

12. A network gateway comprising:
a plurality of broadband interfaces configured to communicate with a corresponding plurality of broadband networks;
at least one local network interface configured to receive data traffic, wherein the at least one local network interface is different from the plurality of broadband interfaces; and
a logic configured to:
determine a first traffic characteristic associated with the data traffic,
select a first broadband interface based, at least in part, on the first traffic characteristic, wherein selection of the first broadband interface comprises a comparison the first traffic characteristic with performance attributes of the plurality of broadband interfaces and a determination that the first broadband interface has a first performance attribute that equals or exceeds the first traffic characteristic, and
route the data traffic from the at least one local network interface to the first broadband interface in response to selection of the first broadband interface.

13. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the logic is further configured to route the data traffic to the first broadband interface in response to a determination that the first performance attribute exceeds the first traffic characteristic by a larger relative amount than corresponding performance attributes of other ones of the plurality of broadband interfaces.

14. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the logic configured to determine the first traffic characteristic comprises logic configured to monitor the data traffic passing through the at least one local network interface.

15. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the data traffic is received from a device communicatively coupled to the at least one local network interface, and wherein the first traffic characteristic is based, at least in part, on a message received from the device, the message indicating the first traffic characteristic.

16. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the logic configured to select the first broadband interface comprises logic configured to select the first broadband interface at a packet level.

17. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the data traffic comprises a data traffic stream, and wherein the first traffic characteristic is at least one of a minimum bandwidth, a maximum data latency and a round trip time associated with the data traffic stream.

18. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the first traffic characteristic is a security characteristic regarding transportion of the data traffic and the logic is further configured to preferentially select a non-wireless broadband interface.

19. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the logic is further configured to:
determine that the first traffic characteristic indicates critical delivery, and
route the data traffic to both the first broadband interface and a second broadband interface contemporaneously in response to a determination that the first traffic characteristic indicates critical delivery.

20. The network gateway of claim 12 , wherein the first traffic characteristic is a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) traffic attribute and the first broadband interface includes cellular radio technology.

21. A method performed by a first gateway for network communication, the method comprising:
receiving, at a local network interface of the first gateway, data traffic from a network device, wherein the data traffic includes at least one traffic characteristic, wherein the first gateway further includes at least a first broadband interface;
determining that the first broadband interface does not have a first performance attribute sufficient to equal or exceed the at least one traffic characteristic;
locating a second gateway communicably coupled to the first gateway;
determining that the second gateway includes a second broadband interface with a second performance attribute that equals or exceeds the at least one traffic characteristic; and
sending at least a portion of the data traffic to the second gateway for transmission via the second broadband interface in response to a determination that the second performance attribute equals or exceeds the at least one traffic characteristic.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the sending at least the portion of the data traffic to the second gateway comprises determining the second p

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Rajkotia Purva R
• Antes Todd D
• Katar Srinivas
• Afkhami Hassan

Classifications

• H04L45/30 Primary

  Routing of multiclass traffic · CPC title

• H04W40/12

  based on transmission quality or channel quality · CPC title