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Bart Vercammen

Koen Van Oost

Kevin Gardner

Luc Gyselinck

Wouter Delva

Dirk Van De Poel

Tim Withofs

Daniel Monsieux

Kris Verbeeck

A method () and system () for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (), the access points () continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (). The control entity () determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points () that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point () and the station () falls below a predefined value. The control entity () then instructs the access point () to actively disconnect the station () and selects a new target access point () to accept the stations () connection request.

WLAN user quality of experience control in a multi-access point environment

A method () and system () for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi™ setup in which a user roams with a station (), the access points () continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (). The control entity () determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points () that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point () and the station () falls below a pre-defined value. The control entity () then instructs the access point () to actively disconnect the station () and selects a new target access point () to accept the stations () connection request.

A method () and system () for controlling wireless local area network (WLAN) user quality in a multi-access point environment is provided. In order to ensure good quality of service/user experience in a multi-access point Wi-Fi&#x2122; setup in which a user roams with a station (), the access points () continuously or at intervals assess the wireless environment's quality and report to a control entity (). The control entity () determines, from the assessment data, alternative target access points () that could be used in case the link quality of a current connection between an access point () and the station () falls below a predefined value. The control entity () then instructs the access point () to actively disconnect the station () and selects a new target access point () to accept the stations () connection request.

The present invention concerns a gateway device and a method at the gateway, the gateway device comprising an interface to a residential phone wiring comprising more than one plugging means for connecting at least one analogue phone, a broadband interface to a network comprising a central office, the central office being adapted to provide a first voice service type to the at least one analog phone, an FXS module for providing a voice over IP service over the broadband interface to the at least one analogue phone when the first voice service type is disabled, unbundling detection means for detecting the presence of the first voice service type, connecting the FXS module to the residential phone wiring when the first voice service type is disabled, and disconnecting the FXS module from the residential phone wiring when the first voice service type is enabled, and a management agent for informing a gateway management server when changing from the first voice service type to the voice over IP service and vice versa, so that the same phone number can be used when using the first voice service type or the voice over IP service.

System and method for switching between phone services

The present invention concerns a modem box, a splitting module, and an integrated access device. The modem box comprises upside communication means for coupling with central equipments through central signals, the latter being modulated for at least one of the central equipments, downside communication means coupling the modem box with terminal equipments through terminal signals, transfer means between the upside and downside communication means, and modem means for doing transformation between the modulated central signals and demodulated signals among the terminal signals. The modem box comprises an outer contact surface receiving a splitting module, which does transformation between the central signals and grouped signals formed with a multiplexing of the latter, and the upside communication means comprise at least one connection element arranged with that contact surface, in contact with at least one respective connection element of the splitting module.

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