公开(公告)号：EP1813063A4

公开(公告)日：2009-08-12

申请号：EP05824463

申请日：2005-11-18

Applicant: STEVENS INST TECHNOLOGY

Inventor： WHITE PATRICK ,  GIRARD NICOLAS

IPC: H04W88/06

CPC classification number: H04W88/06 ,  H04L12/5692 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W28/10 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W76/025 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for permitting a mobile terminal having multiple, heterogeneous network connections (e.g., multiple wired or wireless transceivers of various types) to set up and maintain virtual connections over multiple networks to either the same or to multiple destinations. The mobile terminal can "load-share" traffic, i.e., it can distribute segments of traffic over a full set of heterogeneous networks, significantly improving the reliability and availability of communications. In a first embodiment, a mobile terminal is configured with multiple radio frequency (RF) transceivers. Operating system software is provided for dynamically establishing and maintaining traffic flow for user applications over multiple communications paths, and for automatically adapting to variations in the networking environment, application traffic flow requirements, end user preferences, or mobility. In a second embodiment, a software-defined radio is used to implement the physical layer protocols for each desired network, eliminating the need for multiple transceivers.

公开(公告)号：WO2006055784A3

公开(公告)日：2006-11-23

申请号：PCT/US2005041838

申请日：2005-11-18

Applicant: STEVENS INST TECHNOLOGY ,  WHITE PATRICK ,  GIRARD NICOLAS

Inventor： WHITE PATRICK ,  GIRARD NICOLAS

IPC: H04L12/28

CPC classification number: H04W88/06 ,  H04L12/5692 ,  H04W24/00 ,  H04W28/10 ,  H04W28/24 ,  H04W76/02 ,  H04W76/025 ,  H04W80/00 ,  H04W88/02

Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for permitting a mobile terminal having multiple, heterogeneous network connections (e.g., multiple wired or wireless transceivers of various types) to set up and maintain virtual connections over multiple networks to either the same or to multiple destinations. The mobile terminal can "load-share" traffic, i.e., it can distribute segments of traffic over a full set of heterogeneous networks, significantly improving the reliability and availability of communications. In a first embodiment, a mobile terminal is configured with multiple radio frequency (RF) transceivers. Operating system software is provided for dynamically establishing and maintaining traffic flow for user applications over multiple communications paths, and for automatically adapting to variations in the networking environment, application traffic flow requirements, end user preferences, or mobility. In a second embodiment, a software-defined radio is used to implement the physical layer protocols for each desired network, eliminating the need for multiple transceivers.

Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于允许具有多个异构网络连接的移动终端（例如，各种类型的多个有线或无线收发器）的设备，以建立和维护通过多个网络到相同或多个目的地的虚拟连接。 移动终端可以“负载共享”流量，即它可以在一整套异构网络上分配流量段，从而显着提高通信的可靠性和可用性。 在第一实施例中，移动终端配置有多个射频（RF）收发器。 提供操作系统软件，用于通过多个通信路径动态建立和维护用户应用程序的流量，并自动适应网络环境中的变化，应用程序流量要求，最终用户偏好或移动性。 在第二实施例中，使用软件定义的无线电来实现每个期望网络的物理层协议，从而消除对多个收发器的需要。