Wireline and/or wireless integrated access networks

A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:

• obtaining from an end-user communication device one or more measurements;
• determining, based at least in part upon the one or more measurements, whether the end-user communication device is to communicate with a base station of a wireless communication system, the determining resulting in a determination, the end-user communication device being in communication with a wired network endpoint of a wired communication system at a time of the determining, the wired network endpoint being configured for first communications with a network transport layer via a first link and the base station being configured for second communications with the network transport layer via a second link;
• responsive to the determination being that the end-user communication device is to communicate with the base station of the wireless communication system, changing a first latency value for the first link, the first latency value that is changed being located in a route information listing, the first latency value being changed to a higher value, the route information listing containing information associated with the end-user communication device that is communicating with the network transport layer;
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• responsive to the determination being that the end-user communication device is to communicate with the base station of the wireless communication system, changing a second latency value for the second link, the second latency value that is changed being located in the route information listing, the second latency value being changed from the higher value to a lower value.

A method comprising:

• obtaining from a communication device, by a processing system including a processor, at least one communication parameter that had been measured by the communication device;
• determining by the processing system, based at least in part upon the at least one communication parameter, whether the communication device is to be handed-off to communicate with a second access point of a communication system, wherein the determining results in a determination, wherein the communication device is in communication with a first access point of the communication system at a time of the determining, wherein a network transport layer of the communication system is configured for first communications with the first access point via a first link, wherein the network transport layer is configured for second communications with the second access point via a second link, wherein the first access point is one of a cellular communication system endpoint and a fiber optic communication system endpoint, wherein the second access point is the cellular communication system endpoint in a first case that the first access point is the fiber optic communication system endpoint, and wherein the second access point is the fiber optic communication system endpoint in a second case that the first access point is the cellular communication system endpoint;
• responsive to the determination being that the communication device is to be handed-off to communicate with the second access point, changing a first latency value for the first link, the first latency value that is changed being located in a route information listing, wherein the first latency value is changed from a first lower value to a higher value that is greater than the first lower value, and wherein the route information listing contains information associated with the communication device that is communicating with the network transport layer;
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• responsive to the determination being that the communication device is to be handed-off to communicate with the second access point, changing a second latency value for the second link, wherein the second latency value that is changed is located in the route information listing, and wherein the second latency value is changed from the higher value to a second lower value that is less than the higher value.