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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 06, 2021
Applicant:

Arris Enterprises Llc, Suwanee, GA (US);

Inventors:

Sadeesh Kumar Karuppiah, Bangalore, IN;

Praveen Girish, Bangalore, IN;

Assignee:

ARRIS ENTERPRISES LLC, Suwanee, GA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/443 (2011.01); H04N 21/442 (2011.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/436 (2011.01); H04N 21/4363 (2011.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04W 84/12 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 21/4436 (2013.01); H04L 67/34 (2013.01); H04N 21/41407 (2013.01); H04N 21/43615 (2013.01); H04N 21/43637 (2013.01); H04N 21/44218 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 84/12 (2013.01);
Abstract

A set top box (STB) providing enhanced Wi-Fi coverage. The STB downloads and configures an extender service agent for implementing extender capability at the STB. pairing the extender service agent with a router, and providing extended wireless IP connectivity using a fronthaul connection via the antenna to clients in range of IP signals radiated by the antenna. When the STB uses a wired backhaul connection all of an available bandwidth is used for the fronthaul connection, and when a wireless backhaul connection is used, the available bandwidth is split between the backhaul connection and the fronthaul connection.


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