US 12,081,453 B2
Provisioning and managing resources
Yiu Leung Lee, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed by Comcast Cable Communications, LLC, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2015, as Appl. No. 14/610,604.
Prior Publication US 2016/0226790 A1, Aug. 4, 2016
Int. Cl. H04L 47/762 (2022.01); H04L 47/70 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 47/762 (2013.01) [H04L 47/822 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a first network device and from a user device, a request to receive content at a requested bitrate;
determining, based on whether granting the user device a connection to the first network device would cause the first network device to satisfy a bandwidth threshold, whether the first network device can satisfy the request to provide the content at the requested bitrate;
sending, based on determining that the first network device cannot satisfy the request to provide the content at the requested bitrate and a second network device can satisfy the request to provide the content at the requested bitrate, an indication to the user device that the user device is denied from connecting to the first network device; and
causing the user device to connect to the second network device.