Multiple media fail-over to alternate media
US8737232B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 21, 2013 |
| Grant date | May 27, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M11/062
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
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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