Patent ID: 9414113
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A method for processing signals, the method comprising: aggregating gateway resources, by a communication system comprising a plurality of media gateways, at each of the plurality of media gateways for multiparty conferencing among a plurality of client devices; establishing distributed connection sessions at each of the plurality of media gateways, by the communication system using the aggregated gateway resources to provide the multiparty conferencing, determining at least one of a first total network power consumption or first aggregate network bandwidth associated with a network over which the multiparty conferencing is provided for a first configuration of distributed connection sessions, wherein the first aggregate network bandwidth comprises a combined bandwidth across a plurality of links of the network in the first configuration; determining at least one of a second total network power consumption or second aggregate network bandwidth associated with the network for a second configuration of distributed connection sessions, wherein the second aggregate network bandwidth comprises a combined bandwidth across a plurality of links of the network in the second configuration; selecting one of the first configuration or the second configuration of distributed connection sessions based on which configuration has at least one of a lower total network power consumption or a higher aggregate network bandwidth; and providing the multiparty conferencing among the plurality of client devices, by the communication system using the selected configuration of distributed connection sessions.