Multiple media fail-over to alternate media
First Claim
1. A method for providing automatic fail-over service for premises equipment that is accessing a network via a first network access medium, the fail-over service providing fail-over from the first network access medium to a second network access medium, the method comprising:
- at a bandwidth manager, obtaining historical quality of service data relating to the first network access medium;
at a bandwidth manager, transmitting a network ping through the network and through the first network access medium to the premises equipment;
at the bandwidth manager, receiving from the premises equipment a response to the network ping;
determining a current quality of service status of the first network access medium based on the response to the network ping;
determining a future quality of service status of the first network access medium by analyzing the historical quality of service data and the current quality of service status; and
based on the future quality of service status of the first network access medium, transmitting a message to the premises equipment to change from accessing the network via the first network access medium to accessing the network via the second network access medium.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for failing over from a current network access medium to an alternative network access medium. A customer premises equipment (CPE) box has ports for connections to a network through several network access media, such as high speed cable connections, DSL connections and dial-up connections. QoS parameters for each of the connections are monitored from a bandwidth manager remote from the CPE box. When it is determined that a fail-over would be beneficial, a message is sent from the bandwidth manager to the CPE box containing a command to fail-over and an identity of the alternate network access media.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing automatic fail-over service for premises equipment that is accessing a network via a first network access medium, the fail-over service providing fail-over from the first network access medium to a second network access medium, the method comprising:
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at a bandwidth manager, obtaining historical quality of service data relating to the first network access medium; at a bandwidth manager, transmitting a network ping through the network and through the first network access medium to the premises equipment; at the bandwidth manager, receiving from the premises equipment a response to the network ping; determining a current quality of service status of the first network access medium based on the response to the network ping; determining a future quality of service status of the first network access medium by analyzing the historical quality of service data and the current quality of service status; and based on the future quality of service status of the first network access medium, transmitting a message to the premises equipment to change from accessing the network via the first network access medium to accessing the network via the second network access medium. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer readable instructions for providing automatic fail-over service for premises equipment that is accessing a network via a first network access medium, the fail-over service providing fail-over from the first network access medium to a second network access medium, wherein execution of the computer readable instructions by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:
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at a bandwidth manager, obtaining historical quality of service data relating to the first network access medium; at a bandwidth manager, transmitting a network ping through the network and through the first network access medium to the premises equipment; at the bandwidth manager, receiving from the premises equipment a response to the network ping; determining a current quality of service status of the first network access medium based on the response to the network ping; determining a future quality of service status of the first network access medium by analyzing the historical quality of service data and the current quality of service status; and based on the future quality of service status of the first network access medium, transmitting a message to the premises equipment to change from accessing the network via the first network access medium to accessing the network via the second network access medium. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A bandwidth manager for providing automatic fail-over service for premises equipment that is accessing a network via a first network access medium, the fail-over service providing fail-over from the first network access medium to a second network access medium, the bandwidth manager comprising:
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a network interface for connection to the network; a processor to perform operations comprising; obtaining historical quality of service data relating to the first network access medium; transmitting a network ping via the network interface through the first network access medium to the premises equipment; receiving via the network interface from the premises equipment a response to the network ping; determining a current quality of service status of the first network access medium based on the response to the network ping; determining a future quality of service status of the first network access medium by analyzing the historical quality of service data and the current quality of service status; and based on the future quality of service status of the first network access medium, transmitting a message to the premises equipment to change from accessing the network via the first network access medium to accessing the network via the second network access medium. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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