Patent ID: 9270747
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method of monitoring a first communications connection and a second communications connection in anticipation of performing a change-over, the method comprising: identifying a data communications requirement of a first network device currently communicating via the first communications connection with a second network device; transmitting a data test message over the second communications connection; receiving a response to the data test message wherein the response to the data test message is compared to previously measured test data associated with the first communications connection to determine which of the first and second communications connections provides a more optimal data connection; determining an average measured bandwidth over a predefined interval comprising a plurality of connection tests exceeds a current connection bandwidth of the first communications connection by a predefined percentage threshold; and determining a change-over from the first communications connection to the second communications connection would provide a more optimal data connection based on the identified data communications requirements of the first network device and the predefined percentage threshold being exceeded.