Patent ID: 11870692
Assignee: ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 7:
8. A customer premise equipment device that:
monitors a quality parameter of a first client device, wherein the first client device is connected to the customer premise equipment device within a local network;
determines that the quality parameter of the first client device is less than a quality parameter threshold;
determines that a service provided by the first client device is designated as-at the first customer premise equipment device as an interchangeable service, wherein said designation is based upon an indication that the service may be provided by the first client device and at least one other client device, and wherein said designation is based upon the at least one other client device being configured to support a communication protocol associated with the service provided by the first client device;
identifies a second client device through which the service that is designated as an interchangeable service may be provided;
amends port forwarding rules to enable the second client device to provide the service; and
port forwards incoming packets associated with the service to the second client device.