201 results about "Customer-premises equipment" patented technology

Techniques for powering a multi-unit optical network terminal (MU-ONT) located outside of a multi-unit building include obtaining reverse power from Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) lines connecting the MU-ONT to terminal units (TUs) or customer premises equipments (CPEs) disposed inside the building. Reverse power may be injected into the PoE lines at the TUs, for example. Via an MU-ONT reverse powering device, the reverse power may be separated from services data provided via the PoE lines, and the services data may be delivered between the TUs and a Passive Optical Network (PON) via the MU-ONT. The reverse power obtained from the PoE lines may be aggregated to provide the MU-ONT with power commensurate with its power load. In some embodiments, the MU-ONT power load may be shared or distributed across PoE lines in a passive or actively controlled manner based on variations in the MU-ONT load and / or respective characteristics of the PoE lines.

Disclosed are various embodiments that extend customer premises networks onto a cloud provider network. In one embodiment, a layer-3 virtual private network is established between a tunneling agent and a virtual private network server on a cloud provider network. The tunneling agent is executed on an edge customer premises equipment (CPE) device on a customer premises network. A layer-2 virtual interface is established for an edge application on the cloud provider network using a tunnel to encapsulate layer-2 traffic between the customer premises network and the edge application over the layer-3 virtual private network.

A system for transmitting and receiving wireless signals through a physical barrier, such as walls or windows, to wireless computing devices that are located internal to a structure that is formed in part by the physical barrier. The wireless signals are millimeter waveforms with gigahertz frequencies that are communicated with 5G communication protocols by one or more remote base station nodes located external to the physical barrier. One or more external antennas are configured to communicate RF wireless signals with HMA waveforms to remote wireless base station. In one or more embodiments, the RF wireless signals are amplified and communicated bi-statically through the window barrier between customer premises equipment and an authorized remote wireless base station.

Systems and methods are provided for pre-caching content to customer premises equipment (CPE) such as set-top boxes, fixed wireless access devices, etc. Video streaming services are increasingly popular and can put a strain on network resources during peak hours. Wireless network peak hour capacity demand can be reduced by utilizing off-peak hour content / video caching. A cache time during off-peak hours can be determined through the interaction of wireless network and content provider servers.

The invention relates to the technical field of wireless communication and terminal network access control, and discloses a CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) signal adaptive enhancement and link switching method and a CPE signal adaptive enhancement and link switching system. According to the method, combined characteristics reflecting short-time quality drop amplitude, error code burst degree, time delay bursting degree and apparent strength level can be included, so that the shielding shadow and multipath illusion can be distinguished in a scene in which the shielding and strong reflection of the steel structure coexist, and the multi-path illusion can be distinguished on the premise of not depending on multi-source data. A small amount of key link observation data is organized into fingerprint representation with scene identification capability, and a basis is provided for subsequent enhancement and switching control. Therefore, the link shadow fingerprint is introduced, so that the link control process has the capability of identifying the special phenomenon that the apparent signal is strong but the actual error code is burst, and the switching decision and the enhanced control form collaborative management, thereby reducing the error switching, reducing the switching jitter and improving the service continuity.

In some implementations, a broadband network gateway (BNG) may receive, from a customer premises equipment, a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) discover request, wherein the BNG is connected to the customer premises equipment and a fixed mobile interworking function (FMIF). The BNG may communicate with, based on the DHCP discover request, the FMIF. The BNG may provide to the customer premises equipment, and based on communicating with the FMIF, a DHCP offer that offers utilization of the BNG as a DHCP server. The BNG may receive from the customer premises equipment, and based on providing the DHCP offer, a DHCP request to request utilization of the BNG as the DHCP server. The BNG may provide to the customer premises equipment, and based on the DHCP request, a DHCP acknowledgment that acknowledges utilization of the BNG as the DHCP server.

A device may include a processor configured to collect first usage data from a first WI-FI router in a first customer premises equipment (CPE) network; collect second usage data from a second WI-FI router in a second CPE network; and determine that a collision avoidance plan between the first WI-FI router and the second WI-FI router is needed. The processor may be further configured to generate a first collision avoidance plan for the first WI-FI router and a second collision avoidance plan for the second WI-FI router based on the first usage data and the second usage data. The processor may be further configured to provide the first generated collision avoidance plan to the first WI-FI router and the second collision avoidance plan to the second WI-FI router.

Methods and apparatus for prioritizing data traffic in small-cell wireless system. In one embodiment, the system utilizes “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a wireless communication network (e.g., 3GPP 4G-LTE or 5G-NR-based). A “traffic profile” message is used to prioritize the data traffic. In one variant, the traffic profile message is generated by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as a CBRS FWA, and includes data related to CPE identification, default bearer identification, number of client devices served by the CPE (e.g., via a wireless router connected to the CPE), traffic type and / or priority level associated with each client device and / or data traffic type, etc. In another variant, the base station provides data services to a plurality of fixed wireless access (FWA) apparatus installed at user or subscriber premises of a network based on prioritization according to the present disclosure.

Methods and apparatus for prioritizing data traffic in small-cell wireless system. In one embodiment, the system utilizes “quasi-licensed” CBRS (Citizens Broadband Radio Service) wireless spectrum in conjunction with a wireless communication network (e.g., 3GPP 4G-LTE or 5G-NR-based). A “traffic profile” message is used to prioritize the data traffic. In one variant, the traffic profile message is generated by a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) such as a CBRS FWA, and includes data related to CPE identification, default bearer identification, number of client devices served by the CPE (e.g., via a wireless router connected to the CPE), traffic type and / or priority level associated with each client device and / or data traffic type, etc. In another variant, the base station provides data services to a plurality of fixed wireless access (FWA) apparatus installed at user or subscriber premises of a network based on prioritization according to the present disclosure.

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless device may transmit mechanical displacement information that indicates an expected amount of time to mechanically displace at least one antenna panel in the wireless device. The wireless device may receive a configuration for a set of beam failure reference signals (BFRSs) that are associated with the mechanical displacement information. The wireless device may receive the set of BFRSs in accordance with the configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.

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An example method for performing application recognition in the cloud to support application-aware functionality on customer premises equipment includes detecting a data flow associated with a customer premises equipment device, identifying an application associated with the data flow, generating a mapping that maps the application to an identifier, and providing the mapping to the customer premises equipment device.

Techniques for dynamically configuring a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) are described. In an example, identification parameters including at least one of a CPE identifier and a network identifier are transmitted to a Cloud Onboarding Server (COS). In response to transmission of the identification parameters, an operator specific configuration corresponding to the identification parameters is received from the COS, where the operator specific configuration is indicative of operational parameters associated with a network operator. The CPE is then configured based on the operator specific parameters.

The invention discloses a ship-shore communication method and system. The method comprises the following steps: acquiring position information of ship-borne CPE (Customer Premise Equipment), and acquiring base station information of a plurality of shore-based base stations; determining candidate shore-based base stations capable of providing communication service for the ship-borne CPE from a plurality of shore-based base stations based on the position information of the ship-borne CPE and the information of the plurality of base stations; performing signal measurement on the service cells corresponding to the candidate shore-based base stations, and determining candidate service cells meeting a preset communication service requirement from the plurality of service cells based on a signal measurement result; and sequentially trying to access each candidate service cell, and when any candidate service cell is successfully accessed, taking the successfully accessed candidate service cell as a target service cell, and providing communication service for the shipborne base station system and a terminal hung under the shipborne base station system based on the target service cell. The technical problems that a traditional ship-shore communication scheme lacks stability and reliability, and the cost is too high when satellite communication is used are solved.

The invention discloses an intelligent scheduling and control method for heterogeneous equipment based on cloud edge collaboration. The method comprises the following steps: S1, constructing a multi-stage redundancy control architecture and generating edge control topological structure description; s2, deploying a software-defined CPE (Customer Premise Equipment) component and loading a communication protocol template library; s3, identifying communication protocols and link states, and generating a communication protocol mapping relation table and a communication topological structure chart; s4, collecting state data of the PLC and the I / O module, and establishing a state synchronous cache; s5, executing a master control scheduling strategy and performing state mirror image synchronization to generate a master control state mapping table and a switching judgment result; s6, executing an I / O redundant channel selection and arbitration mechanism, and generating a signal channel mapping table and a control strategy; and S7, calling the CPE component to complete link lossless switching and outputting reconstruction configuration. The method has the advantages of being high in control reliability, high in protocol compatibility, flexible in link switching and the like.

The invention relates to the technical field of data processing in an SD-WAN network, in particular to an information processing method and device, CPE equipment and a terminal. The method is executed by CPE equipment in a service system, the CPE equipment is provided with a display screen, and the method comprises the following steps: generating a two-dimensional code based on an access address and a current target password, and displaying the two-dimensional code on the display screen; when an access request sent by a terminal is received, extracting a password to be verified from the access request, and performing consistency verification on the current target password and the password to be verified; when the consistency verification is passed, in response to the access request, obtaining the service information from the access address for display; wherein the displaying comprises the steps of feeding back the service information to the terminal for displaying, and / or displaying the service information through a display screen of the CPE equipment. By adopting the method provided by the invention, the convenience of reading the CPE equipment information can be improved.

A system (102) and a method (300) for supporting a plurality of services in a network (104) is disclosed. A user plane function (UPF) (214) receives a request message from a first network element (204) (e.g., Multiple Dwelling Unit (MDU)) connected with a second network element (206) (e.g., Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)) and communicates a session report request towards a session management function (SME) (216). The SME (216) communicates an authorization request towards a policy control function (PCF) (218). Upon receiving an authorization response from the PCF (218), the SMF (216) triggers a session modification procedure based on the received authorization response. At least one tag associated with at least one service is assigned to the first network element based on the triggered session modification procedure and establishes at least one session between the first network element and the network.

An improved multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) solution is disclosed for customer premises equipment (CPE) in which a set of wireless interfaces (e.g., cellular and WiFi), each with a plurality of antenna ports for MIMO operation, couple to an antenna switch fabric, which is then coupled to a set of antennas. In some examples, the antennas are distributed for maximum isolation and separation in order to improve MIMO channel separation, for example in an approximately spherical arrangement. The antenna switch fabric is instructed to select the optimal antennas based on signal parameter measurements, in order to improve overall performance. Selection of uplink (transmit) versus downlink (receive) antenna sets may be independent and based on different signal parameter measurements (e.g., for frequency division duplexing, FDD).

In one aspect, a method includes determining network information for one or more network slices of a wireless network, the network information for the one or more network slices being available at a modem associated with a network appliance and interfacing with the wireless network, converting the network information into a standards-based format, determining configuration parameters for the one or more network slices using the network information, and configuring the network appliance using the configuration parameters.

A POTS alternative including an uninterruptible power supply (UPS), a router, a modbus converter for connecting the router to the UPS to monitor conditions of the UPS, a gateway for providing connections to one or more POTS-based customer premises equipment through the modbus converter to the router and directly to the router. The router includes a plurality of SIM cards, each SIM card for connecting to one cellular service provider among a plurality of cellular service providers. The router automatically connecting to a cellular service provider among the plurality of cellular service providers providing the strongest cellular signal and switching from the cellular service provider to a different cellular service providers when the different cellular service provider provides a stronger cellular signal when the cellular service provider no longer provides the strongest cellular signal.

A method for monitoring a network can include determining whether there is a performance issue in respect of streamed communication carried via a first network connection between a first customer premise equipment (CPE) in a local area network (LAN) and one or more remote entities outside the LAN, wherein the determination is based on data from the streamed communication. In response to determining that there is a performance issue in respect of the streamed communication carried via the first network connection, it is determined whether there is a performance issue in respect of the first network connection. In response to determining that there is a performance issue in respect of the first network connection, a monitoring process is triggered to determine whether there is a performance issue in respect of other network connections connecting to a set of other CPEs, in respective other LANs, so as to define a cluster of CPEs exhibiting performance issues in respect of their network connections, the cluster being for identifying a candidate cause of the performance issue in respect of the streamed communication.

An example method for controlling customer premises equipment via the cloud or network edge to support advanced network functionality includes detecting a data flow associated with a customer premises equipment device, identifying an application associated with the data flow, monitoring a performance of the application, determining an action to be taken by the customer premises equipment device to optimize the performance of the application, and sending an instruction to the customer premises equipment device to take the action.

Disclosed are various embodiments that extend customer premises networks onto a cloud provider network. In one embodiment, a layer-3 virtual private network is established between a tunneling agent and a virtual private network server on a cloud provider network. The tunneling agent is executed on an edge customer premises equipment (CPE) device on a customer premises network. A layer-2 virtual interface is established for an edge application on the cloud provider network using a tunnel to encapsulate layer-2 traffic between the customer premises network and the edge application over the layer-3 virtual private network.

A method for pre-fetching and storing media locally on customer premises equipment includes predicting, using a machine learning model that analyzes historical video consumption behavior in a home broadband network, a video content that is likely to be consumed by a user of the home broadband network during a next period of peak demand on a communication service provider network, scheduling a download of the video content to a local storage during a next period of predicted non-peak demand in a cell of the communication service provider network that serves the home broadband network, and downloading, in response to determining that the next period of predicted non-peak demand has occurred, the video content to the local storage.

The invention provides a communication method, terminal equipment and network equipment. The method comprises the following steps that: before communication is carried out through a first sidewalk resource, terminal equipment sends a first CPE (Customer Premise Equipment); wherein the length of the first CPE is a first length. Before using the first sidewalk communication resource for communication, the terminal device may occupy a channel through the first CPE until the terminal device may perform sidewalk communication through the first sidewalk resource. For example, through the first CPE, other communication equipment can be prevented from occupying a channel where the terminal equipment has successful LBT, so that the terminal equipment can normally perform sidewalk communication.

Systems and methods are provided for automatically provisioning customer-specific credentials on a gateway device, Customer Premises Equipment (CPE), or the like. A method, according to one implementation, includes the step of determining when a remote gateway device is connected to a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) server via a network. The remote gateway device is intended to enable one or more user devices in a Local Area Network (LAN) to access the Internet via the network and PPPoE server. The method also includes the step of automatically configuring customer-specific PPPoE credentials on the remote gateway device to thereby enable the PPPoE server to authenticate the remote gateway device and grant Internet access.

The present disclosure relates to a system (102) and a method (400) for identifying 5 a relocated Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) in a network (104). Current geolocation data of the CPE is obtained. A first deviation in location of the CPE is determined by comparing the current geolocation data with stored geolocation data of the CPE. A deviation counter is incremented if the determined first deviation exceeds a predefined threshold. The stored geolocation data is replaced with a 10 centroid of geolocation data obtained over a predefined period when the deviation counter reaches a predefined count within the predefined period. A second deviation between the replaced geolocation data and a centroid of geolocation data obtained over the predefined period is determined. The CPE is marked as relocated if the determined second deviation exceeds a second predefined threshold, and the 15 deviation counter reaches the predefined count within the predefined period.

This application describes a system and method for automatically provisioning a domain name system (DNS) firewall service for an Internet connection. In an example, customer premise equipment and a DNS firewall system are automatically configured to operate with an Internet connection without requiring technical knowledge or customer intervention.

Systems, methods, and devices for delivering configuration files and firmware updates to Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) using a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) to Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) proxy service are disclosed. Embodiment methods may include the TFTP-to-HTTPS proxy service listening on a User Datagram Protocol (UDP) port for incoming TFTP requests, receiving a TFTP request from a CPE device, translating the TFTP request into an HTTPS request, sending the translated HTTPS request to a backend server, receiving an HTTPS response, translating the HTTPS response into a TFTP response, and sending the TFTP data packets to the CPE device. Some embodiments may include storing the translated file in the cache, checking the cache for a requested file before requesting the file from the backend server, and sending the cached file to the requesting CPE device when it is stored in the cache.

A processing system may obtain network performance data sets associated with a video communication session from a customer premises equipment, the network performance data sets including data sets for measurements of video uplink and downlink data rates. The processing system may apply at least one of the network performance data sets to at least one rule set implemented by the processing system to obtain a decision output indicative of whether an occurrence of: an uplink or downlink video freeze is detected. The processing system may detect the at least one of the uplink video freeze or the downlink video freeze in accordance with the decision output. The processing system may then perform at least one remedial action in response to the detecting of at least one of: the uplink video freeze or the downlink video freeze.