Comcast Cable Communications, LLC

Jeffrey Barberio

Andrea Peiro

Michael A Chen

John D Robinson

Michael Chen

Weston Schmidt

James Chan

Kris Bransom

Mani Ramasubramani

Steven Leardi

Eric Bertrand

Paddy Vishnubhatt

Albert Ribe Costa

Evan Kaverman

Remko Vos

Jeremy Clark

Thomas Fad

Rhys McCaig

Seetharaman Ramasubramani

Gaurav Khandpur

John Robinson

Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for monitoring device data and/or gateway data. Devices may be connected to a network via a gateway device. Data transmitted and/or received by one or more of the devices may be captured and monitored to determine various parameters associated with the one or more devices. Data associated with the gateway device may also be captured and monitored. Signal strengths, device statuses, network security, and/or other metrics may be determined based on monitored data.

Monitoring device data and gateway data

In accordance with one or more embodiments, aspects of the disclosure may provide efficient, effective, and convenient ways of managing network devices. In particular, a client router may connect to an upstream virtual gateway. The virtual gateway may manage a large number of client devices. Each client router may be represented virtually within the gateway as a virtual router. The virtual gateways may be distributed regionally, in order to manage large numbers of client routers and/or to reduce transmission delays. The virtual gateways may be managed by a gateway controller. The gateway controller may be centralized, and perform various configuration functions, such as configurations for hardware, logical networking, or content access policies. In some instances, messages sent between the gateway controller using a first protocol and the client router using a second protocol may be translated by a protocol agent.

Virtual gateway control and management

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Jeffrey Barberio