Patent ID: 11877340
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 36:
37. Computer-readable storage hardware having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when carried out by computer processor hardware, cause the computer processor hardware to:
monitor a backhaul providing connectivity between a first wireless access point and a remote network;
based on the monitoring, produce status information indicating an ability of the backhaul to convey data communications between the first wireless access point and the remote network, the status information produced based on testing of the backhaul to convey the data communications;
control wireless connectivity between the first wireless access point and a first mobile communication device based on the status of the backhaul; and
wherein controlled wireless connectivity between the first wireless access point and the first mobile communication device includes: communication of a message to the first mobile communication device, the message tagged with a tag value indicating a decoder in the first mobile communication device to which the message is directed, the message including the status information.