US 11,876,645 B1
Communication network gateways and associated methods
Chad Riland, Loveland, CO (US); Rob Alderfer, Louisville, CO (US); Dennis Alan Brown, Allen, TX (US); Jane Keys, Arvada, CO (US); John C. Bahr, Superior, CO (US); Thomas Holtzman Williams, Longmont, CO (US); Derek Digiacomo, Chester Springs, PA (US); Austin Ralph Pahl, Boulder, CO (US); Mark Davies, Louisville, CO (US); Yuan Tian, Broomfield, CO (US); Darshak Thakore, Broomfield, CO (US); and David Daniel Smith, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, CO (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,926.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/325,749, filed on Mar. 31, 2022.
Int. Cl. H04L 12/46 (2006.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04W 88/10 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 12/4641 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04W 88/10 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method operable by a communication network gateway for providing communication services, the method comprising:
supporting respective communication links with a plurality of communication service providers;
supporting a plurality of virtual local area networks (VLANs);
associating two or more VLANs of the plurality of VLANs with respective communication service providers of the plurality of communication service providers;
routing data between each of the two or more VLANs and the respective communication link of the respective communication service provider associated with the VLAN; and
changing an association of a first VLAN of the two or more VLANs from a first communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers to a second communication service provider of the plurality of communication service providers.