METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR NETWORK AND SERVICE CONTROLLED HYBRID ACCESS

摘要

A method for network controlled optimization of hybrid access traffic management for a residential user connected via a hybrid access home gateway, which provides at least two different network links with different technology to a core network, wherein the core network has a connection to the internet, wherein in the core network a Hybrid Access Server is located, includes: extracting by the Hybrid Access Server one or more of the following information: Network link availability, Network link utilization, Quality of Service information with respect to the services requested from the home gateway; and selecting networks links, network traffic routing, and/or service routing by the Hybrid Access Server in communication with the hybrid access home gateway and/or other components in the network.

主权项

1: Method for network controlled optimization of a hybrid access traffic management for a residential user connected via a hybrid access home gateway, which provides at least two different network links with different technology to a core network, wherein the core network has a connection to the internet, wherein in the core network a Hybrid Access Server is located, which has a connection to the to the hybrid access enabled home gateway, over the two network links, wherein by using the information available from the fixed and mobile access and aggregation networks, the method comprises the steps:
extracting by the Hybrid Access Server one or more of the following information: Network link availability. Network link utilization, Quality of Service information with respect to the services requested from the hybrid access home gateway, short-term and long-term prediction of available capacity on selected network segments, progress information on performing transport tasks; controlling one or more of the following processes by the Hybrid Access Server in communication with the hybrid access home gateway or other components in the network based on the extracted information: activating and selecting of networks links, selecting of network traffic routing, IP packet or higher layer data segment distributing to the different links, selecting of service routing including dynamic session or service or service category assignment to the different links.