Methods, systems, and devices for steering packets across multiple access technologies

A multiservice access gateway for servicing one or more user devices at a plurality of customer premises, comprising:

• a first network interface configured to connect to a first access network of the plurality of access networks of a first type;
• a second network interface configured to connect to a second access network of the plurality of access networks of a second type;
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• a processor configured to steer a first packet received from a user device of the one or more user devices destined for a remote device connected to a wide area network (WAN) to the first access network, and configured to steer a second packet destined for the remote device to the second access network;
• wherein the multiservice access gateway is connected to the remote device via plurality of access networks connected to an additional multiservice access gateway that is connected to the remote device via the WAN, wherein the plurality of access networks have at least one respective access network termination site configured to convert signals from carriage over a respective one of the plurality of access networks to one or more signals for carriage over the WAN and from carriage over the WAN to the respective one of the plurality of access network;
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• wherein the processor steers the first packet and the second packet based on an analysis made by the processor, wherein the analysis is based on any of information actively received or predicted from a determination based on any of data from at least the first access network and the second access network, a schedule, information regarding an application, a status, or a usage of data, or any combination thereof.

A method for a multiservice access gateway for servicing one or more user devices at a plurality of customer premises comprising:

• receiving, by a multiservice access gateway, from a user device of the one or more user devices one or more packets destined for a remote device connected to a wide area network (WAN) to be transmitted via a second access network of a plurality of access networks to which the multiservice access gateway is connected, wherein the multiservice access gateway is connected to the remote device via the plurality of access networks connected to an additional multiservice access gateway that is connected to the remote device via the WAN, wherein the plurality of access networks have at least one respective access network termination site configured to convert signals from carriage over a respective one of the plurality of access networks to one or more signals for carriage over the WAN and from carriage over the WAN to the respective one of the plurality of access network;
• selecting, by the multiservice access gateway, a first network interface associated with a first access network of the plurality of access networks to which the multiservice access gateway is connected instead of a second network interface associated with the second access network, wherein the first network interface and the second network interface are different network interfaces of different access networks;
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• transmitting the one or more packets via the first access network instead of the second access network based on any of information actively received or predicted from an analysis of data received from the different access networks, a scheduling, information regarding an application, a status, or a usage of data, or any combination thereof, after applying forward error correction to the one or more packets, and in a different manner than applied to the one or more packets transmitted via the second access network.