Gateway Routing Application for Multi-Network Bandwidth Optimization
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Solution Overview
Problem
The increasing number of connected Consumer Electronics devices in residential networks leads to unused bandwidth in mobile Internet access, necessitating an efficient routing algorithm to manage packet distribution across multiple Internet connections.
Innovation Solution
A method where devices and network apparatuses define and enforce routing rules based on capabilities information, such as bandwidth and latency, to optimize packet forwarding between different network types, allowing for automatic or user-driven rule definition and enforcement through a routing application and API service.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If multiple Internet access connections are provided in a household, then the available bandwidth increases, but the complexity of managing packet distribution across these connections increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a gateway device as an intermediary that centralizes the routing management function. This gateway receives packets from multiple devices, determines the appropriate Internet access connection based on routing rules, and forwards packets accordingly. This mediator approach resolves the contradiction by maintaining high bandwidth utilization through multiple connections while centralizing routing complexity in a single device rather than requiring complex management at each endpoint device.
2Ease of operation
If routing rules are defined automatically by a routing application, then the ease of operation improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The routing application implements self-service by automatically generating routing rules based on real-time monitoring of connection qualities, bandwidth availability, and network conditions. The system autonomously determines optimal routing paths without requiring manual user configuration, thereby improving ease of operation. The complexity is encapsulated within the automated routing application itself, which manages the sophisticated logic of rule generation, while users benefit from simplified operation.
3Productivity
If routing rules are enforced at the customer premises equipment or network apparatus, then the productivity of packet forwarding improves, but the device complexity at these points increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex routing rule enforcement logic from the customer premises equipment and network apparatuses, concentrating it instead in a dedicated gateway device. The gateway receives packets, applies routing rules, and forwards packets through selected Internet access connections. This extraction allows the network apparatuses to maintain simple forwarding functions with high productivity, while the gateway handles the complexity of routing rule interpretation and enforcement.
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AI summary
A device configured to be connected to a customer premises equipment (110) of a first type network (100), said first network comprising at least one network apparatus (130) in communication with said customer premises equipment, comprises: - a communication interface configured to receive capabilities information from the customer premises equipment (110) and said at least one network apparatus (130), - a routing application (122) to define, based on the received capabilities information, one or several routing rules to route packets of said device (120), said routing rules identifying either the customer premises equipment (110) or said at least one network apparatus (130) to forward packets between the first type network (100) and a second type network (200), the communication interface being further configured to send commands to enforce the defined routing rules either at the customer premises equipment (110) or at the at least one network apparatus (130).