US 2014/0235261 A1 · FEMTOCELL SERVICE THROUGH A SECONDARY CONNECTION

Abstract

System(s), apparatus(es), and method(s) are provided to for providing femtocell service through a secondary connection to a network gateway node that is part of a service provider network. The secondary connection can be established in response to at least one telecommunication performance condition of a primary connection to the network gateway node; the at least one performance condition includes connectivity state of the primary connection or quality of traffic delivery through the primary connection. The secondary connection can be established, in part, via a home gateway node that is alternative to a home gateway node associated with a femtocell access point (AP) that enables, in part, the femtocell wireless service. The main home gateway node or the femtocell AP can initiate establishment of the secondary connection. Home gateway node(s) or femtocell AP(s) that can provide femtocell service through the secondary connection can manage connectivity with the network gateway node.

Claims21

Dependent claims

(canceled)

A system, comprising:

a processor;
and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
determining a change in a performance condition associated with a first communication path between a mobile device and a destination device, wherein the first communication path comprises a first backhaul link between a first gateway device and an access network device;
in response to the change in performance condition, facilitating establishment of a link between the first gateway device and a second gateway device;
in further response to the change in performance condition, facilitating establishment of a second backhaul link between the second gateway device and the access network device;
in response to determining that performance of the second backhaul link satisfies a performance rule, facilitating establishment of a second communication path between the mobile device and the destination device, wherein the second communication path comprises the link, and the second backhaul link;
and
transitioning a communication from the first communication path to the second communication path.

6 more elements

A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a system comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

determining a change in a performance condition associated with a first communication path between a customer premises device and a carrier device, wherein the first communication path comprises a first backhaul link between a first customer premises gateway device and an access network device;
in response to the change in performance condition,
initiating establishment of a second backhaul link between a second gateway device and the access network device, and
initiating establishment of a second communication path between the customer premises device and the carrier device, wherein the second communication path comprises a link between the first gateway device and the second gateway device, and further comprises the second backhaul link;
and
transitioning a communication from the first communication path to the second communication path.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

14/263,919Filed 28 Apr 2014

Priority

28 Jul 2010

Published

21 Aug 2014

Term ends

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Classification10 codes

H04W 24/00
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements
H04W 24/04
Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements: arrangements for maintaining operational condition
H04W 8/30
Network data management: network data restoration; Network data reliability; Network data fault tolerance
H04W 40/02
Communication routing or communication path finding: communication route or path selection, e.g. power-based or shortest path routing

Femtocell service through a secondary connection

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Femtocell service through a secondary connection

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Abstract

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