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

Claim 0:
1. A method by a first customer premise equipment device comprising:
monitoring a quality parameter of a first client device, wherein the first client device is connected to the first customer premise equipment device within a local network;
determining that the quality parameter of the first client device is less than a quality parameter threshold;
determining that a service provided by the first client device is designated 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;
identifying a second client device through which the service that is designated as an interchangeable service may be provided;
amending port forwarding rules to enable the second client device to provide the service; and
port forwarding incoming packets associated with the service to the second client device.