Systems and methods for group bandwidth management in a communication systems network

A method comprising:

• receiving, at a gateway device via one or more computer processors, connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device, wherein:
• the first subscriber device is associated with a group bandwidth policy, and
• the group bandwidth policy indicates a maximum bandwidth to be shared by multiple subscriber devices, the multiple subscriber devices comprising the first subscriber device and a second subscriber device;
• receiving, at the gateway device via the one or more computer processors, a network identifier of the first subscriber device,
• receiving, from the first subscriber device via the gateway device, a request for first network communication data from an external network, and
• receiving, from the second subscriber device via the gateway device, a request for second network communication data from the external network,
• wherein:
• the first network communication data is transmitted by the gateway device from the external network to the first subscriber device in response to a determination, based on the connection parameters and based further on the network identifier, that the first network communication data does not exceed the maximum bandwidth of the group bandwidth policy,
• the gateway device forgoes transmitting the second network communication data from the external network to the second subscriber device in response to a determination that the second network communication data exceeds the maximum bandwidth of the group bandwidth policy,
• the gateway device is configured to communicate the request for first network communication data and the request for second network communication data to the external network, such that the request for first network communication data and the request for second network communication data appear to the external network to originate from a single subscriber device, and
• the gateway device treats the first network communication data and the second network communication data as if transmitted via the gateway device from the external network to a single device according to the group bandwidth policy.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform a method comprising:

• receiving, at a gateway device, connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device, wherein:
• the first subscriber device is associated with a group bandwidth policy, and
• the group bandwidth policy indicates a maximum bandwidth to be shared by multiple subscriber devices, the multiple subscriber devices comprising the first subscriber device and a second subscriber device;
• receiving, at the gateway device, a network identifier of the first subscriber device,
• receiving, from the first subscriber device via the gateway device, a request for first network communication data from an external network, and
• receiving, from the second subscriber device via the gateway device, a request for second network communication data from the external network,
• wherein:
• the first network communication data is transmitted by the gateway device from the external network to the first subscriber device in response to a determination, based on the connection parameters and based further on the network identifier, that the first network communication data does not exceed the maximum bandwidth of the group bandwidth policy,
• the gateway device forgoes transmitting the second network communication data from the external network to the second subscriber device in response to a determination that the second network communication data exceeds the maximum bandwidth of the group bandwidth policy,
• the gateway device is configured to communicate the request for first network communication data and the request for second network communication data to the external network, such that the request for first network communication data and the request for second network communication data appear to the external network to originate from a single subscriber device, and
• the gateway device treats the first network communication data and the second network communication data as if transmitted via the gateway device from the external network to a single device according to the group bandwidth policy.