Patent ID: 8391179
Filing Date: 2013-03-05
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A data communication method for communication between a first customer premises equipment and a network, which comprises: providing a first interface in the first customer premises equipment and a first available bandwidth for bidirectional communication between the first customer premises equipment and the network; providing a second interface in the first customer premises equipment to transfer overflow data traffic between the first customer premises equipment and a second customer premises equipment; providing a second available bandwidth for bidirectional communication between the second customer premises equipment and the network; transmitting data traffic between the first customer premises equipment and the network using the first available bandwidth; when the first available bandwidth is exhausted, transferring the overflow data traffic between the first customer premises equipment and the second customer premises equipment via the second interface, and transmitting the overflow data traffic between the second customer premises equipment and the network using the second available bandwidth; wherein the overflow data traffic is data traffic that cannot be transmitted using the first available bandwidth; and wherein the second interface includes at least one of: