- Patent Title: Traffic distribution control for wireless hybrid access networks
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Application No.: US16639318Application Date: 2017-08-18
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Publication No.: US11546801B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Troels Emil Kolding , Frank Frederiksen , Daniela Laselva , Jeroen Wigard
- Applicant: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Tong, Rea, Bentley & Kim, LLC
- International Application: PCT/EP2017/070912 WO 20170818
- International Announcement: WO2019/034258 WO 20190221
- Main IPC: H04W28/10
- IPC: H04W28/10 ; H04B7/185 ; H04W8/08 ; H04W24/10

Abstract:
An apparatus which is able to communicate based on at least two communication methods, wherein each communication method is configured to communicate with access networks by using at least one subflow, acquires (S41) information from at least one of the communication methods for at least one of the subflows and provides (S42) the information to a subflow control entity at a higher layer of the apparatus. Based on the information, the subflow control entity evaluates (S43) whether a change will occur in the at least one of the subflows. In case the change is evaluated to occur in the at least one of the subflows, the subflow control entity evaluates (S44) when the change will occur, and evaluates (S45) whether the change evaluated to occur impacts a specific requirement of delivering packets by using the at least one of the subflows. In case the change is evaluated to impact the specific requirement, the subflow control entity changes (S46) usage of the subflows for delivering packets.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210037422A1 TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTION CONTROL FOR WIRELESS HYBRID ACCESS NETWORKS Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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