Address space mapping for managing alternative networks for high quality of service communications

• US 9,929,981 B2
• Filed: 10/12/2016
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ooma Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Ooma Incorporated
• Inventors: Gillon, William M., Lei, Hai, Farrand, Tobin E., Bryan, David A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Orgad, Edan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ko, Sithu
• Application Number:
  US15/292,051
• Publication Number:
  US 20170034081A1
• Time in Patent Office: 531 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2801 Broadband local area networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2838 Distribution of signals within a home automation network, e.g. involving splitting/multiplexing signals to/from different paths adaptations of television systems for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution H04N7/106; hybrid transport H04L12/6418; home network arrangements specially adapted for distribution of digital video signals H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2898 Subscriber equipments DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0829 Packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0835 One way packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0852 Delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0858 One way delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0894 Packet rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/28 using route fault recovery
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/557 Error correction, e.g. fault recovery or fault tolerance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/106 across networks, e.g. mapping telephone numbers to data network addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/80 Responding to QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 : Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 : for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/50 : in wire-line communication networks, e.g. low power modes or reduced link rate
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/00 : Systems for electrical power generation, transmission, distribution or end-user application management characterised by the use of communication or information technologies, or communication or information technology specific aspects supporting them

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided. Exemplary methods may include: providing a first data packet to a first interface, the first data packet including a first address and being received from a computing device, the computing device being at a premises and coupled to a third interface, the first interface coupled to a first broadband connection received at the premises, the first broadband connection being coupled to a service using a first data network; determining at least one second data packet to be received at the first interface from the service is lost or delayed; supplying a second address to the computing device for communications with the service, in response to the determining; receiving from the computing device a third data packet including the second address; modifying the third data packet including replacing the second address with the first address; and giving the modified third data packet to a second interface.

Claims

1. A method for managing alternative networks comprising:

receiving a first predetermined range of addresses including a first address;

receiving a second predetermined range of addresses including a second address;

providing the first address to a computing device;

providing a first data packet to a first interface, the first data packet including the first address and being received from the computing device, the first interface coupled to a first broadband connection received at a premises, the first broadband connection being coupled to a service outside the premises using a first data network;

receiving from the computing device a second data packet including the second address using a third interface, the third interface coupled to the computing device at the premises;

modifying the second data packet including replacing the second address with the first address;

sending the modified second data packet to a second interface, the second interface coupled to a second broadband connection received at the premises, the second broadband connection being coupled to the service outside the premises using a second data network and being different from the first broadband connection;

receiving from the service outside the premises a third data packet including the first address;

modifying the third data packet including replacing the first address with the second address when the third data packet is received from the second interface;

giving the modified third data packet to the third interface;

receiving from the computing device a fourth data packet including the first address; and

giving the fourth data packet to the first interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first predetermined range of addresses and the second predetermined range of addresses are received from the service outside the premises.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein an analog telephone is communicatively coupled to the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring an amount of data transferred associated with the second broadband connection; and

issuing at least one alert in response to the amount exceeding at least one predetermined threshold, the at least one predetermined threshold being associated with billing parameters associated with the second broadband connection.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

communicating with the service outside the premises using the first interface to establish communications through the second broadband connection, the communicating including at least one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, SIP header, Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) parameter, Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) message, and Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the first broadband connection is at least one of a leased T-carrier line, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), cable internet access, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), Broadband over power lines (BPL), Wi-Fi, WiMAX, mobile broadband, and satellite broadband;

the second broadband connection is at least one of a leased T-carrier line, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), cable internet access, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), Broadband over power lines (BPL), Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and mobile broadband; and

the third interface is coupled to a local data network, the local data network including at least one of a wired local area network (LAN), wireless LAN, and wireless communications using one or more of Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), Bluetooth, and Bluetooth low energy.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the second broadband connection is associated with at least one of an alarm system, mobile device, network capable consumer device, and in-car Internet system located on or about the premises.

8. A system for managing alternative networks comprising:

a first interface coupled to a first broadband connection received at a premises, the first broadband connection being coupled to a service outside the premises using a first data network;

a second interface coupled to a second broadband connection received at the premises, the second broadband connection being coupled to the service outside the premises using a second data network and being different from the first broadband connection;

a third interface coupled to a computing device at the premises;

a processor coupled to the first, second, and third interfaces; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to perform a method comprising;

receiving a first predetermined range of addresses including a first address;

receiving a second predetermined range of addresses including a second address;

providing the first address to the computing device;

providing a first data packet to the first interface, the first data packet including the first address and being received from the computing device;

receiving from the computing device a second data packet including the second address;

modifying the second data packet including replacing the second address with the first address;

sending the modified second data packet to the second interface;

receiving from the service outside the premises a third data packet including the first address;

modifying the third data packet including replacing the first address with the second address when the third data packet is received from the second interface;

giving the modified third data packet to the third interface;

receiving from the computing device a fourth data packet including the first address; and

giving the fourth data packet to the first interface.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the first predetermined range of addresses and the second predetermined range of addresses are received from the service outside the premises.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

an analog telephone communicatively coupled to the computing device, the computing device being integrated with the system.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

monitoring an amount of data transferred associated with the second broadband connection; and

issuing at least one alert in response to the amount exceeding at least one predetermined threshold, the at least one predetermined threshold being associated with billing parameters associated with the second broadband connection.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the method further comprises:

communicating with the service outside the premises using the first interface to establish communications through the second broadband connection, the communicating including at least one of a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message, SIP header, Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) parameter, Real-time Transport Control Protocol (RTCP) message, and Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP) packet.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the first broadband connection is at least one of a leased T-carrier line, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), cable internet access, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), Broadband over power lines (BPL), Wi-Fi, WiMAX, mobile broadband, and satellite broadband;

the second broadband connection is at least one of a leased T-carrier line, Synchronous Optical Networking (SONET), Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH), cable internet access, Digital Subscriber Line (DSL), Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH), Broadband over power lines (BPL), Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and mobile broadband; and

the third interface is coupled to a local data network, the local data network including at least one of a wired local area network (LAN), wireless LAN, and wireless communications using one or more of Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT), Bluetooth, and Bluetooth low energy.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the second broadband connection is associated with at least one of an alarm system, mobile device, network capable consumer device, and in-car Internet system located on or about the premises.