Patent ID: 8976670
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A system for managing congestion on heterogeneous network communication links, a first communication link and a second communication link being heterogeneous with respect to each other, the system comprising: a transceiver coupled to the first communication link and the second communication link, the first communication link and the second communication link using different link technologies, the second communication link being a wireless link serving as an overload link to the first communication link, the transceiver configured to: a communication link threshold device, the communication link threshold device configured to store threshold limit values corresponding to a first communication link technology of the first link; and a routing decision module, the routing decision module configured to evaluate a queue of information packets scheduled for transmission across the first communication link to determine whether to generate a command signal to route at least a portion of information packets over the second communication link, the routing decision module further configured to evaluate the threshold limit values from a diagnostic signal of a digital subscriber line access multiplexer to determine whether to generate the command signal to route at least the portion of information packets over the second communication link.