US 11,876,600 B2
Method and system for automatic switching to IP connection from satellite connection based on rain fade event patterns
Kirubakaran Subramanian, Tamilnadu (IN); and Mahesh Shankar Handigund, Karnataka (IN)
Assigned to ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed by ARRIS Enterprises LLC, Suwanee, GA (US)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/586,339.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/170,808, filed on Apr. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0321208 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 7/185 (2006.01); H04B 17/382 (2015.01); H04B 17/345 (2015.01); H04B 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 7/18532 (2013.01) [H04B 1/0078 (2013.01); H04B 17/345 (2015.01); H04B 17/382 (2015.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for switching from a radio frequency (RF) signal to an Internet Protocol (IP) connection based on rain fade events, the method comprising:
receiving, on a server, current rain fade event data from one or more set-top boxes;
receiving, on the server, past rain fade event data from the one or more set-top boxes;
receiving, on the server, past weather data;
receiving, on the server, current weather data;
calculating, on the server, a likelihood of the one or more set-top boxes experiencing a rain fade event based on the current rain fade event data from the one or more set-top boxes, the past rain fade event data from the one or more set-top boxes, the past weather data, and the current weather data; and
sending, from the server, an IP message to switch from the radio frequency (RF) signal to the Internet Protocol (IP) connection to each of the one or more set-top boxes likely to experience the rain fade event before the rain fade event occurs.