Apparatus and methods for multimode internetworking connectivity

A method for establishing multimode Internet services, wherein the method includes:

• providing a network access controller to manage a plurality of Virtual Connection Circuit (VCC) sessions and allocating a portion of bandwidth for each VCC channel in order to provide concurrent connectivity for:
• public shared-media Internet session services;
• Internet Protocol (IP)-based and associative addressing switching-enabled VPN session services;
• a hybrid network system connection session services among disparate connection-oriented and connectionless network systems;
• end-to-end, connection-oriented, and VCC connectivity sessions for VDMI-based application services;
• providing communication between the network access controller and Virtual Connection Circuit (VCC) network central controller, through call establishment listening port, for establishing upstream and downstream connection channels from transceiver to an interface connected to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network gateway for subscription of public Internet services;
• providing a network connection management module having a user network connection profile database, which contains records of user and network service profile information, a bandwidth resource database which contains connection identification and information of a transmission capability for each connection, and a network connection database which contains device addressing identifiers and connection identifiers, within said network access controller;
• allocating a portion amount of bandwidth resources for VCC communication channels between the transceiver and the ISP network gateway by said network access controller, upon receipt of approval and acceptance for the connection, and recording within a network connection database and bandwidth resource databases, the device addressing identifiers and associated VCC addressing identifiers of public circuit-switching networks and bandwidth rate allocated for upstream and downstream connectivity channels, and utilized information from the network connection database for allocating transmission services of communication session usage;
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• changing of the amount of allocated bandwidth dynamically by said network access controller for Internet service by using said network data-link control means to increase and decrease the allocated amount of bandwidth associated with upstream and downstream communication channels and recording changes in the amount of allocated bandwidth within its network connection database, and
• providing a media adaptation layer (MAL) higher-layer network protocol, wherein the MAL provides user plane, control plane, and management plane components, and
• the user plane component is configured to enable application-layer programs to interface and interconnect with the user plane component, and subsequently to the subscribed lower-layer network protocol,
• the control plane component controls the interconnection and signaling with the subscribed lower-layer network protocols, and
• the management plane component governs and manages the types of interconnects.

A system for providing multimode internetworking communication services comprising a plurality of interconnected digital network systems, having at least a Subscriber Network Equipment (SNE) transceiver functioning either as standalone or as multiplexer, providing connectivity for a plurality of its sub-net transceivers, through wired or wireless means, said SNE transceiver is connected through a combination of mobile network, Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM), Virtual Connection Circuit (VCC) multiplexing means, associative addressing switching-enabled shared-media network system, and VCC circuit-switching network system;

• said SNE transceiver supports a plurality of carrier bands/spectrum for digital signal transmissions, said SNE transceiver, upon activation and periodically thereafter, to polls the plurality of digital signal carrier bands to determine a quality of a transmission capability, based upon Signal-Noise Ratio (SNR) ratings of each carrier band and records the resultant information of the quality of transmission capability for each carrier band in its bandwidth resource database, the digital carrier bands are able to support a plurality of transmission channels of half-duplex and/or full duplex communication sessions, said SNE transceiver having multiplexing/de-multiplexing means for the transmission of multimedia information, said SNE transceiver having a programmable network data-link control means, and is characterized by:
• said network data-link control means establishes connection-oriented and/or connectionless internetworking data-link connections;
• said SNE transceiver having a programmable network access controller able to establish a plurality of transmission channels, through its data-link control means, for receiving and transmitting digital signal and to manage allocation of the digital carrier bands to enable concurrent connectivity for a plurality of communication channels and sessions to a plurality of disparate internetworking systems and environment by providing connectivity through a combination of IP-based and associative addressing switch-enabled network gateways to more than one Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and/or to a plurality of VDMI-enabled Application Service Providers (ASPs) gateway, via digital interfaces;
• at least a digital carrier band allocated for network signaling function;
• said network access controller have a network connection signaling database module containing library of multiple network signaling and network control, management procedural protocols, and a network connection management module having a user network connection profile database which contains records of user and network service profile information, a bandwidth resource database which contains connection carrier band identification and information of a quality of transmission capability for each carrier band, and a network connection database which contains device addressing identifiers and connection identifiers;
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• said network access controller utilizes its network connection signaling database module and network connection management module to subscribe to and manage a plurality of communication channel and session of connectionless, shared-media internetworking environment, and/or connection-oriented and Virtual Dedicated-Media Internetworking, VDMI environment,
• wherein a media adaptation layer (MAL) higher-layer network protocol is provided, wherein the MAL provides user plane, control plane, and management plane components, and
• the user plane component is configured to enable application-layer programs to interface and interconnect with the user plane component, and subsequently to the subscribed lower-layer network protocol,
• the control plane component controls the interconnection and signaling with the subscribed lower-layer network protocols, and
• the management plane component governs and manages the types of interconnects.

A method for establishing multimode Internet connectivity session services, wherein the method includes:

• providing a network access controller to manage and to portion multiple amount carrier bands allocated for each connection session in order to provide concurrent connectivity for:
• public and shared-media Internet session services;
• Internet Protocol (IP)-based and associative addressing switching-enabled Virtual Private Network (VPN) session services;
• hybrid network system connection sessions services among disparate connection-oriented and connectionless network systems;
• end-to-end, connection-oriented, and Virtual Circuit Connection (VCC) connectivity sessions for VDMI-based application connection services;
• providing call establishment listening port for said network access controller to communicate with Virtual Connection Circuit (VCC) network central controller for establishment of connection, through a VCC-enabled Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) having means to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) network gateway for the subscription of public and shared-media Internetworking services;
• allocating appropriate handshake protocols of Shared-Media Internetworking's (SMI's) control protocol from said network access controller to data-link control means for the establishment SMI communication sessions among its sub-nets which utilizes the SMI network protocol, supported by the SMI network gateway, for its data-link control means to establish communication links among interconnected devices;
• providing a network connection management module having a user network connection profile database which contains records of user and network service profile information, a bandwidth resource database which contains connection carrier band identification and information of a quality of transmission capability for each carrier band, and a network connection database which contains device addressing identifiers and connection identifiers, within said network access controller;
• upon receipt of approval and acceptance for the connectivity, network access control means allocates prescribe amount of either sequential range of carrier bands or carrier bands having low quality of transmission classification for connectivity to public Internet service via DSLAM and ISP network gateway, and record within its network connection database the device addressing identifiers and connection identifier along with the associated carrier band identifiers allocated for upstream and downstream communication channels and utilized information from network connection database for transmission services for and during said SMI communication session usage;
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• changing dynamically the amount of carrier bands by said network access controller for Internet service by using its data-link control means to increase and decrease the allocated amount of carrier bands associated with the upstream and downstream communication channels record changes in the amount of carrier bands within its network connection databases, and
• providing a media adaptation layer (MAL) higher-layer network protocol, wherein the MAL provides user plane, control plane, and management plane components, and
• the user plane component is configured to enable application-layer programs to interface and interconnect with the user plane component, and subsequently to the subscribed lower-layer network protocol,
• the control plane component controls the interconnection and signaling with the subscribed lower-layer network protocols, and
• the management plane component governs and manages the types of interconnects.