Automatic broadband information correlation and record generation
View Patent ↗Embodiments include methods, systems, and apparatuses for automatic broadband information correlation and record generation. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving performance information related to a broadband connection of customer premises equipment (CPE), and receiving information related to a local network connected to the CPE. The method includes processing the local network information to generate location information associated with the CPE. The method further includes generating a record including the performance information and the location information associated with the CPE.
1. A method for increasing the quality of a broadband connection, the method comprising:
receiving, at a network termination unit, performance information that is related to a broadband connection of customer premises equipment (CPE) and that comprises a loop length received from an agent, the agent being communicatively coupled to the CPE to determine the loop length from attenuation data obtained from a line enhancement device coupled to the CPE;
receiving information related to a local network connected to the CPE;
processing the local network information to generate location information that comprises at least one physical termination location of a DSL loop and is associated with the CPE, wherein processing the local network information comprises querying at least a public database with one or more WiFi network identifiers of neighboring LANs to obtain location information for a WiFi network identifier of the CPE;
generating a record comprising the performance information and the location information associated with the CPE; and
using performance information associated with CPEs geographically near to a target CPE to determine an expected performance of the target CPE.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performance information is related to at least one or more of:
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL),
fiber,
cable,
WiFi,
cellular, or
microwave.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the local network comprises at least one of:
WiFi,
Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA),
Power Line Communication (PLC),
HomePlug,
Ethernet, or
Femtocell.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performance information comprises at least one of:
throughput,
data rate,
error statistics,
signal strength,
latency,
jitter,
connectivity, or
power consumption.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the network information comprises at least one of:
a WiFi network identifier of the CPE,
one or more WiFi network identifiers of neighboring local area networks (LANs),
Global Positioning System (GPS) location,
an IP address of the CPE, or
an IP address of another LAN device.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein processing the local network information comprises:
querying a public database with the IP address of the CPE or the IP address of the other LAN device to obtain the location information of the CPE.
7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
obtaining the GPS location of the CPE from LAN devices in order to obtain the location information of the CPE.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WiFi network identifiers of the network identifiers of neighboring LANs are service set identifications (SSIDs).
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the CPE comprises one or more of:
a Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modem,
a WiFi router,
an Ethernet connected wireless bridge,
an Ethernet connected network bridge,
an Ethernet connected network switch,
a wireless access point,
an in-home power line device,
a Home Phoneline Network Alliance (HPNA) based device,
an in-home coax distribution device,
a G.hn compatible device,
a cellular telephony compatible device,
a third generation (3G) compatible device,
a fourth generation (4G) compatible device,
a Long Term Evolution (LTE) compatible device,
a WiFi device,
an in-home appliance communicatively interfaced with a LAN,
a computing device connected to the LAN,
a HomePlug device,
an IEEE P1901 standards compatible access Broadband over Power Line (BPL) device, or
an Ethernet connected computer peripheral device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the location information of the CPE comprises one or more of a geographic coordinate, a street address, a street intersection, or a city name associated with the local network information.
11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a network termination unit, performance information that is related to a broadband connection of customer premises equipment (CPE) and that comprises a loop length received from an agent, the agent being communicatively coupled to the CPE to determine the loop length from attenuation data obtained from a line enhancement device coupled to the CPE;
receiving information related to a local network connected to the CPE;
processing the local network information to generate location information that comprises at least one physical termination location of a DSL loop and is associated with the CPE, wherein processing the local network information comprises querying at least a public database with one or more WiFi network identifiers of neighboring LANs to obtain location information for a WiFi network identifier of the CPE;
generating a record comprising the performance information and the location information associated with the CPE; and
using performance information associated with CPEs geographically near to a target CPE to determine an expected performance of the target CPE.
12. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the performance information is related to at least one of:
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL),
fiber,
cable,
WiFi,
cellular, or
microwave.
13. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the local network comprises at least one of:
WiFi,
Multimedia over Coax Alliance (MoCA),
Power Line Communication (PLC),
HomePlug,
Ethernet, or
Femtocell.
14. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the performance information is at least one-of:
throughput,
data rate,
error statistics,
signal strength,
latency,
jitter,
connectivity, or
power consumption.
15. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the network information comprises one of:
a WiFi network identifier of the CPE,
one or more WiFi network identifiers of neighboring local area networks (LANs),
Global Positioning System (GPS) location,
an IP address of the CPE, or
an IP address of another LAN device.
16. A system for increasing the quality of a broadband connection, the system comprising:
a communication interface to receive performance information related to a broadband connection of customer premises equipment (CPE) and information related to a local network connected to the CPE, the performance information comprising a loop length;
a line enhancement device coupled to the CPE;
an agent communicatively coupled to both the CPE and the line enhancement device, the agent obtains from the line enhancement device attenuation data and determines the loop length therefrom;
a broadband data manager to process the local network information to generate location information that comprises at least one physical termination location of a DSL loop and is associated with the CPE, wherein processing the local network information comprises querying at least a public database with one or more WiFi network identifiers of neighboring LANs to obtain location information for a WiFi network identifier of the CPE, and wherein the broadband data manager is to create a record comprising the performance information and the location information associated with the CPE and use at least some of the performance information associated with CPEs geographically near to a target CPE to determine an expected performance of the target CPE.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the performance information is related to at least one of:
Digital Subscriber Line (DSL),
fiber,
cable,
WiFi,
cellular, or
microwave.
18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
creating a congestion map of WiFi access points in a neighborhood area of the broadband connection,
wherein the congestion map comprises locations of the WiFi access points with respect to each other.
19. The method of claim 18 , wherein the congestion map further comprises:
setup and WiFi performance information with respect to each of the WiFi access points mapped.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the setup information comprises at least one of: frequency band of operation, channel info, or transmit power.
21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the WiFi performance information comprises at least one of:
throughput,
data rate,
error statistics,
signal strength,
latency,
jitter,
connectivity, or
power consumption.