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

A method comprising:

• communicating, to a gateway device via one or more computer processors, connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device associated with a user, wherein:
• the user is associated with a group bandwidth policy, and
• the group bandwidth policy indicates a maximum bandwidth to be shared by multiple subscriber devices associated with the user, the multiple subscriber devices comprising the first subscriber device and a second subscriber device;
• communicating, to the gateway device via the one or more computer processors, a network identifier of the first subscriber device,
• communicating, to the gateway device, first network communication data from the first subscriber device, and
• communicating, to the gateway device, second network communication data from the second subscriber device,
• wherein:
• the first network communication data is communicated by the gateway device to an external network 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, and
• the gateway device forgoes communicating the second network communication data to the external network in response to a determination that the second network communication data exceeds the maximum bandwidth of the group bandwidth policy.

A method comprising:

• communicating, to a gateway device via one or more computer processors, connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device associated with a user, wherein:
• the user is associated with a group bandwidth policy, and
• the group bandwidth policy indicates a maximum bandwidth to be shared by multiple subscriber devices associated with the user, the multiple subscriber devices comprising the first subscriber device and a second subscriber device;
• communicating, to the gateway device via the one or more computer processors, a network identifier of the first subscriber device,
• requesting, from the first subscriber device via the gateway device, first network communication data from an external network, and
• requesting, from the second subscriber device via the gateway device, 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, and
• 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.

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:

• communicating, to a gateway device, connection parameters associated with a first subscriber device associated with a user, wherein:
• the user is associated with a group bandwidth policy, and
• the group bandwidth policy indicates a maximum bandwidth to be shared by multiple subscriber devices associated with the user, the multiple subscriber devices comprising the first subscriber device and a second subscriber device;
• communicating, to the gateway device, a network identifier of the first subscriber device,
• requesting, from the first subscriber device via the gateway device, first network communication data from an external network, and
• requesting, from the second subscriber device via the gateway device, 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, and
• 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.