End-User Equipment Wireless Link Failover for Communication Disruptions
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Solution Overview
Problem
End-user equipment at premises experiences communication disruptions due to physical damage or software/hardware issues, leading to inability to make telephone calls, access data networks, or send alarm system communications, which can have harmful consequences.
Innovation Solution
A method and apparatus that establish a wireless communication link between end-user equipment at a disrupted premise and another premise with a functioning communication link, allowing information to be exchanged over the communications network to ensure critical communications are maintained.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If end-user equipment uses a communication link to connect to the communications network, then communications can be effected, but the ability to communicate may be disrupted due to physical damage or hardware/software issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a wireless communication link as an intermediary between the end-user equipment and the communications network. When the primary communication link is disrupted, the system establishes a wireless link through a second end-user equipment at a different premise, allowing communications to continue via this intermediate pathway without requiring direct repair of the original link.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a single-point-to-point communication architecture to a multi-dimensional communication pathway. By utilizing wireless communication and involving a second end-user equipment at a different physical location, the system creates an alternative dimensional route around the disrupted primary link, enabling failover without requiring complex reconfiguration of the original infrastructure.
2Duration of action of stationary object
If a wireless communication link is established between end-user equipment at disrupted and non-disrupted premises, then continuous communication can be maintained, but additional infrastructure and coordination are required
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-establishing wireless communication capabilities at end-user equipment before disruption occurs. When a disruption is detected, the system can quickly initiate the failover process by activating the wireless link to the second end-user equipment, minimizing communication interruption time without requiring complex real-time infrastructure deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements feedback mechanisms where the communications network monitors the status of communication links and can detect disruptions. Based on this feedback, the system automatically determines when to switch to the wireless communication pathway via the second end-user equipment, enabling dynamic adaptation to changing network conditions without manual intervention.
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AI summary
A method for effecting communications, such as telephone calls, accesses to data network sites, alarm system communications, and/or other communications, having certain origins over a communications network. The method comprises: receiving a request for a communication originated by first end-user equipment at a first end-user premise when an ability of the first end-user equipment to communicate via a first communication link connecting the first end-user equipment to the communications network is disrupted; determining, based on an origin of the communication, that the communication is to be effected over the communications network; and causing information pertaining to the communication to be exchanged between the first end-user equipment and the communications network via a wireless communication link established between the first end-user equipment and second end-user equipment at a second end-user premise and a second communication link connecting the second end-user equipment to the communications network. Also provided are apparatus and computer-readable media containing a program element executable by a computing system to perform such a method.