# US 2019/0356603 A1 · Communication networks including multi-purpose shared communication mediums, and associated methods > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0356603 A1 - Document ID: US20190356603A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/414,668 - Filed: 2019-05-16 - Published: 2019-11-21 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-16 - Assignees: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. - Applicants: Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. - Inventors: Belal HAMZEH - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190356603A1 ## CPC - H04L 12/2863: {Arrangements for combining access network resources elements, e.g. channel bonding (modem pooling H04L25/14; routing of packets H04L45/00; multichannel or multilink protocols H04L69/14)} - H04L 47/41: by acting on aggregated flows or links - H04L 12/2867: {Physical combinations} - H04L 12/2869: {Operational details of access network equipments (admission control or resource allocation in access networks H04L12/5692)} - H04L 12/2898: {Subscriber equipments (DSL modems H04M11/062; cable modems H04L12/2801)} - H04L 12/46: Interconnection of networks - H04L 45/245: {Link aggregation, e.g. trunking} - H04L 47/15: {in relation to multipoint traffic (arrangements for broadcast or multicast in data networks H04L12/18)} - H04W 76/16: Involving different core network technologies, e.g. a packet-switched [PS] bearer in combination with a circuit-switched [CS] bearer - H04W 88/16: Gateway arrangements - H04W 16/14: Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} - H04W 92/02: Inter-networking arrangements - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium includes (a) transmitting local data between a first client node and a second client node according to a first data protocol, using a first shared communication medium, and (b) transmitting remote data between the first client node and a network hub according to a second data protocol different from the first data protocol, using at least the first shared communication medium. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium, comprising: transmitting local data between a first client node and a second client node according to a first data protocol, using a first shared communication medium; and transmitting remote data between the first client node and a network hub according to a second data protocol different from the first data protocol, using at least the first shared communication medium. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising simultaneously (a) transmitting the local data between the first client node and the second client node via one or more first frequency bands using the first shared communication medium and (b) transmitting the remote data between the first client node and the network hub via one or more second frequency bands using at least the first shared communication medium, the one or more first frequency bands being different from the one or more second frequency bands. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that a network resource required at the first client node is available at the second client node; and in response to determining that the network resource is available at the second client node, accessing the network resource at the first client node from the second client node using the first shared communication medium. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining that a network resource required at the first client node is not available to the first client node via another client node communicatively coupled to the first communication medium; and in response to determining that the network resource is not available to the first client node via another client node communicatively coupled to the first communication medium, accessing the network resource via the network hub. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the local data comprises wireless communication network control data transmitted between a wireless base station at the first client node and a wireless communication network control module at the second client node. ### Claim 6 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising instantiating the wireless communication network control module in customer premises equipment at the second client node. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, further comprising instantiating the wireless communication network control module in the customer premises equipment in response to a change in operating conditions in the wireless communication network. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the wireless communication network control module comprises at least one of a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a Serving Gateway (S-GW), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), a PDN Gateway (P-GW), a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a User Plane Function (UPF), an Access Management Mobility Function (AMF), an Authentication Server Function (AUSF), a Session Management Function (SMF), an Application Function (AF), an Unified Data Function (UDM), and a Policy control function (PCF). ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the local data comprises content data from a content server at the second client node. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising instantiating the content server in customer premises equipment at the second client node. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, further comprising instantiating the content server in the customer premises equipment in response to a demand for the data by one or more client nodes communicatively coupled to the first communication medium. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising transmitting the remote data between the first client node and the network hub partially using a backhaul communication medium between the first shared communication medium and the network hub. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first shared communication medium comprises a coaxial electrical cable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first shared communication medium comprises an optical cable. ### Claim 15 A method for transmitting data in a communication network including a shared communication medium, comprising: generating, at a first client node connected to a first shared communication medium, a list of other client nodes accessible to the first client node via the first shared communication medium; identifying, at the first client node, a selected client node from the list of other client nodes, where the selected client node offers a first network resource required at the first client node; accessing, at the first client node, the first network resource from the selected client node using the first shared communication medium; and accessing, at the first client node, a second network resource via a network hub remote from the first client node, using the first shared communication medium. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first network resource is a wireless communication network control module in customer premises equipment at the selected client node. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the wireless communication network control module comprises at least one of a Mobility Management Entity (MME), a Serving Gateway (S-GW), a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), a PDN Gateway (P-GW), a Policy Control and Charging Rules Function (PCRF), a User Plane Function (UPF), an Access Management Mobility Function (AMF), an Authentication Server Function (AUSF), a Session Management Function (SMF), an Application Function (AF), an Unified Data Function (UDM), and a Policy control function (PCF). ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first network resource is a content server in customer premises equipment at the selected client node. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first shared communication medium comprises a coaxial electrical cable. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the first shared communication medium comprises an optical cable.