Multiple protocol network communication

• US 10,560,388 B2
• Filed: 05/07/2018
• Issued: 02/11/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC (Strong Force Intellectual Capital, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Strong Force IoT Portfolio 2016, LLC (Strong Force Intellectual Capital, LLC)
• Inventors: Ho, Tracey, Segui, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Elliott, IV, Benjamin H
• Application Number:
  US15/972,800
• Publication Number:
  US 20180254991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 645 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0002 by adapting the transmission rate
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0009 by adapting the channel coding H04L1/1812 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0041 Arrangements at the transmitter end
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0076 Distributed coding, e.g. network coding, involving channel coding coding in both space and time H04L1/0618; cooperative diversity H04B7/022
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1819 with retransmission of additional or different redundancy
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/1858 Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of acknowledgement message
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2001/0097 Relays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0829 Packet loss
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0864 Round trip delays
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/22 Alternate routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/24 Multipath
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/52 Multiprotocol routers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/74 Address processing for routing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/127 by using congestion prediction
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/16 in connection oriented networks, e.g. frame relay
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/20 Traffic policing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/263 Rate modification at the source after receiving feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/27 Evaluation or update of window size, e.g. using information derived from acknowledged [ACK] packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/283 in response to processing delays, e.g. caused by jitter or round trip time [RTT]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/30 in combination with information about buffer occupancy at either end or at transit nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/351 : for local area network [LAN], e.g. Ethernet switches
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/552 : by ensuring the integrity of packets received through redundant connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 49/90 : Buffering arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 5/0055 : Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 : Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 : specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 : Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 : Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/161 : Implementation details of TCP/IP or UDP/IP stack architecture; Specification of modified or new header fields
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 : for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/04 : Error control
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/535 : based on resource usage policies

Abstract

A method for data communication between a first node and a second node over a data paths coupling the first node and the second node includes transmitting messages between the first node and the second node over the data paths including transmitting at least some of the messages over a first data path using a first communication protocol, and transmitting at least some of the messages over a second data path using a second communication protocol and determining that the first data path is altering a flow of messages over the first data path due to the messages being transmitted using the first communication protocol, and in response to the determining, adjusting a number of messages sent over the data paths including decreasing a number of the messages transmitted over the first data path and increasing a number of messages transmitted over the second data path.

Claims

1. A method for data communication between a first node and a second node over a plurality of data paths coupling the first node and the second node, the method comprising:

transmitting messages between the first node and the second node over the plurality of data paths including transmitting at least some of the messages over a first data path of the plurality of data paths using a first communication protocol and transmitting at least some of the messages over a second data path of the plurality of data paths using a second communication protocol;

determining that the first data path is altering a flow of messages over the first data path due to the messages being transmitted using the first communication protocol; and

in response to the determining, adjusting a number of messages sent over the plurality of data paths including;

(i) decreasing a number of the messages transmitted over the first data path and increasing a number of messages transmitted over the second data path, or (ii) increasing the number of the messages transmitted over the first data path and decreasing the number of messages transmitted over the second data path,

wherein the first communication protocol is User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the second communication protocol is User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the first data path is altering the flow of messages over the first data path includes determining that the first data path is limiting a rate of messages transmitted using the first communication protocol.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that the first data path is altering the flow of messages over the first data path includes determining that the first data path is dropping messages transmitted using the first communication protocol at a higher rate than a rate at which the second data path is dropping messages transmitted using the second communication protocol.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the messages are initially divided across the first data path and the second data path according to a division of the messages across the first data path and the second data path in one or more prior data communication connections.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the messages are initially divided across the first data path and the second data path based on a probability that the first data path will alter a flow of messages over the first data path due to the messages being transmitted using the first communication protocol.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the messages are divided across the first data path and the second data path based on message type.

8. The method of claim 7 where wherein the message type includes one or more of acknowledgement messages, forward error correction messages, retransmission messages, and original data messages.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the first data path and the second data path share a common physical data path.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

employing individual congestion control loops on each of the first and second data paths; and

employing an overall congestion control loop on the plurality of data paths.

11. A system for data communication over a plurality of data paths, the system comprising:

a first node and a second node coupled by the plurality of data paths and configured to;

transmit messages therebetween over the plurality of data paths including transmitting at least some of the messages over a first data path of the plurality of data paths using a first communication protocol, and transmitting at least some of the messages over a second data path of the plurality of data paths using a second communication protocol;

determine that the first data path is altering a flow of messages over the first data path due to the messages being transmitted using the first communication protocol; and

in response to the determining, adjusting a number of messages sent over the plurality of data paths including;

(i) decreasing a number of the messages transmitted over the first data path and increasing a number of messages transmitted over the second data path, or (ii) increasing the number of the messages transmitted over the first data path and decreasing the number of messages transmitted over the second data path,

wherein the first communication protocol is User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the second communication protocol is User Datagram Protocol (UDP) or Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

13. The system of claim 11 wherein determining that the first data path is altering the flow of messages over the first data path includes determining that the first data path is limiting a rate of messages transmitted using the first communication protocol.

14. The system of claim 11 wherein determining that the first data path is altering the flow of messages over the first data path includes determining that the first data path is dropping messages transmitted using the first communication protocol at a higher rate than a rate at which the second data path is dropping messages transmitted using the second communication protocol.

15. The system of claim 11 wherein the messages are initially divided across the first data path and the second data path according to a division of the messages across the first data path and the second data path in one or more prior data communication connections.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein the messages are initially divided across the first data path and the second data path based on a probability that the first data path will alter a flow of messages over the first data path due to the messages being transmitted using the first communication protocol.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the messages are divided across the first data path and the second data path based on message type.

18. The system of claim 17 where wherein the message type includes one or more of acknowledgement messages, forward error correction messages, retransmission messages, and original data messages.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the first data path and the second data path share a common physical data path.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the first and second nodes are further configured to:

employ individual congestion control loops on each of the first and second data paths; and

employ an overall congestion control loop on the plurality of data paths.