Method and device for data communication and communication system comprising such device

• US 8,391,179 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2008
• Issued: 03/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC (Nokia Corporation)
• Inventors: Klausberger, Walter, Kozek, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Sheikh, Ayaz
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wong, Blanche
• Application Number:
  US12/667,173
• Publication Number:
  US 20100157849A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,720 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 370/254
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801

Abstract

A method and a device for data communication between a first instance and a network are provided, wherein the first instance is connected via a first interface with the network. In the novel method, the first instance is connected with the network via at least one second interface.

Claims

1. A data communication method for communication between a first customer premises equipment and a network, which comprises:

providing a first interface in the first customer premises equipment and a first available bandwidth for bidirectional communication between the first customer premises equipment and the network;

providing a second interface in the first customer premises equipment to transfer overflow data traffic between the first customer premises equipment and a second customer premises equipment;

providing a second available bandwidth for bidirectional communication between the second customer premises equipment and the network;

transmitting data traffic between the first customer premises equipment and the network using the first available bandwidth;

when the first available bandwidth is exhausted, transferring the overflow data traffic between the first customer premises equipment and the second customer premises equipment via the second interface, and transmitting the overflow data traffic between the second customer premises equipment and the network using the second available bandwidth;

wherein the overflow data traffic is data traffic that cannot be transmitted using the first available bandwidth; and

wherein the second interface includes at least one of;

a wireless interface;

a powerline interface;

or

a wireline interface.

2. The method according to claim 1, which comprises connecting the first customer premises equipment via an ad-hoc channel through the second interface.

3. The method according to claim 1, which comprises connecting the first customer premises equipment via an ad-hoc network through the second interface.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network is a common access network.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the network is the Internet.

6. A device for data processing, comprising a processor unit programmed to execute the method according of claim 1 on a processor thereof.

7. The device according to claim 6, wherein the device is a communication device.

8. A communication system, comprising the device according to claim 6.

9. A communication system, configured to execute the method according of claim 1.

10. A first customer premises equipment, comprising:

a first interface configured to establish bidirectional communication between the first interface and a network and to transmit data traffic;

a second interface configured to transfer overflow data traffic between the second interface and the network via a second customer premises equipment when an available bandwidth for bidirectional communication between the first interface and the network is exhausted, wherein the overflow data traffic is data traffic that cannot be transmitted using the available bandwidth;

the second interface being one of;

a wireless interface;

a powerline interface;

or

a wireline interface.

11. A second customer premises equipment, comprising:

a first interface configured to transfer overflow data traffic of a first customer premises equipment between the first customer premises equipment and the first interface when an available bandwidth for bidirectional communication between the first customer premises equipment and a network is exhausted, wherein the overflow data traffic is data traffic that cannot be transmitted using the available bandwidth; and

a second interface configured to establish bidirectional communication between the second interface and the network to transfer the overflow data traffic;

the first interface being one of;

a wireless interface;

a powerline interface;

or

a wireline interface.