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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2022
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Saran Khalid, Denver, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
In a hierarchical communication network having a network controller at a highest network level and network devices at one or more lower network levels, where each network device at a lowest network level supports communications with one or more end nodes, the network controller supports an initial phase of a communication session between first and second end nodes, where communication signals transmitted from the first end node to the second end node traverse the network controller; determines that a subsequent phase of the communication session can be supported by a particular lower-level network device; and configures the lower-level network device to support the subsequent phase, wherein communication signals transmitted from the first end node to the second end node do not traverse the network controller, thereby potentially reducing the processing and/or memory requirements for the WLAN controller, WLAN controller and/or link costs, and/or latency and delay levels.