FEMTOCELL SERVICE THROUGH A SECONDARY CONNECTION

摘要

Femtocell service is provided through a secondary connection to a network gateway node that is part of a service provider network. The secondary connection can be established in response to at least one telecommunication performance condition of a primary connection to the network gateway node; the at least one performance condition includes connectivity state of the primary connection or quality of traffic delivery through the primary connection. The secondary connection can be established, in part, via a home gateway node that is alternative to a home gateway node associated with a femtocell access point (AP) that enables, in part, the femtocell wireless service. The main home gateway node or the femtocell AP can initiate establishment of the secondary connection. Home gateway node(s) or femtocell AP(s) that can provide femtocell service through the secondary connection can manage connectivity with the network gateway node.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
in response to receiving an indication of a change in a performance condition associated with a first communication path between a mobile device and a destination device, wherein the first communication path comprises a first backhaul link between a first gateway device and a first access network device, determining, by a system comprising a processor, a second gateway device available to utilize a second communication path between the mobile device and the destination device; in response to determining that the second communication path does not comprise a second backhaul link between the second gateway device and a second access network device, facilitating, by the system, establishing the second backhaul link between the second gateway device and the second access network device; and in response to determining that the second backhaul link has been established between the second gateway device and the second access network device, and based on the change in the performance condition, enabling, by the system, transitioning a portion of communications from employing the first communication path to employing the second communication path.