公开(公告)号：US20250141808A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-01

申请号：US18497374

申请日：2023-10-30

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Timothy Clark Bleidorn

IPC: H04L47/2425 ,  G01J5/00 ,  G01S13/04

Abstract: A broadband network gateway (BNG) implementing a plurality of virtual gateway routers, each virtual gateway router (VGR) operable to serve as a gateway router for a particular local area network (LAN) of a plurality of LANS, receives a human presence indicator from a customer premise equipment (CPE) of a LAN, the human presence indicator indicating one of that a human has been detected by the CPE or that no human has been detected by the CPE for a predetermined period of time. In response, the BNG performs a quality of service (QOS) action, on a VGR that serves as the gateway router for the LAN, that one of enhances a current QOS associated with the first LAN or decreases a current QOS associated with the first LAN.

公开(公告)号：US20250168097A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-22

申请号：US18510886

申请日：2023-11-16

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Timothy Clark Bleidorn

IPC: H04L43/20 ,  H04L12/66 ,  H04L43/10

Abstract: A bridged gateway coupled to a local area network (LAN) in a premises establishes a layer 2 tunnel with a device that is external to the LAN. The computing device is operable to provide a virtual gateway that provides default gateway functionality to computing devices connected to the LAN. The bridged gateway generates a message for processing by the virtual gateway. The bridged gateway sends the message via the layer 2 tunnel to the computing device for delivery to the virtual gateway. The bridged gateway determines that a reply to the first message from the virtual gateway has not been received within a predetermined period of time, and in response, sends a status message to a second computing device.

公开(公告)号：US20250150302A1

公开(公告)日：2025-05-08

申请号：US18500647

申请日：2023-11-02

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Timothy Clark Bleidorn ,  Christopher David Coulson

IPC: H04L12/46 ,  H04L69/324

Abstract: A bridged gateway coupled to a local area network (LAN) in a premises establishes a layer 2 tunnel with a first computing device coupled to a different network, the first computing device operable to provide a virtual gateway that provides default gateway functionality to computing devices connected to the LAN. The bridged gateway generates a first message to be processed by the virtual gateway. The bridged gateway sends the first message to the computing device to cause the first computing device to initiate the virtual gateway.

公开(公告)号：US20250133028A1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-24

申请号：US18493349

申请日：2023-10-24

Applicant: Charter Communications Operating, LLC

Inventor： Timothy Clark Bleidorn

IPC: H04L47/24 ,  H04L47/10 ,  H04L61/5014 ,  H04L61/5038

Abstract: A bridged gateway coupled to a local area network (LAN) in a premises establishes a layer 2 tunnel with a first computing device that is external to the LAN. The first computing device is operable to provide a virtual gateway that provides default gateway functionality to computing devices connected to the LAN. The bridged gateway receives from a second computing device connected to the LAN a first dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) Discover message. The bridged gateway determines that the second computing device is to be given a different quality of service (QOS) treatment that differs from a default QOS treatment associated with the LAN. The bridged gateway modifies the first DHCP Discover message to include a QOS special treatment indicator to generate a modified DHCP Discover message, and sends, to the first computing device via the layer 2 tunnel, the modified DHCP Discover message.