US 12,407,631 B2
Methods and apparatus for coordinating data transmission in a communications network
Volkan Sevindik, Parker, CO (US); Haider Syed, Parker, CO (US); and Vijay K. Mechineni, Parker, CO (US)
Assigned to Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed by Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US)
Filed on Oct. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/375,543.
Application 18/375,543 is a continuation of application No. 17/528,488, filed on Nov. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,805,079.
Prior Publication US 2024/0039872 A1, Feb. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 49/90 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 49/90 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2801 (2013.01); H04W 28/0278 (2013.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A communications method comprising:
receiving first information, at a Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS), from a first wireless base station via a cable modem located on a communications path between the first wireless base station and the CMTS, said first information including a first identifier for a first user equipment device to which the first wireless base station is actively providing services and a wireless base station downlink data buffer size for the first user equipment device;
creating, at the CMTS, a first CMTS downlink data buffer for the first user equipment device;
receiving, at the CMTS, a first downlink data packet for the first user equipment device; and
storing said received first downlink data packet in said first CMTS downlink data buffer.