System and method for managing data transmissions over multiple types of transport systems

• US 20050169310A1
• Filed: 01/30/2004
• Published: 08/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: VisionTek Incorporated (Constellation Software Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: VisionTek Incorporated (Constellation Software Incorporated)
• Inventors: Knapp, Rob, Sundberg, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US10/768,604
• Publication Number:
  US 20050169310A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/470
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365

Abstract

A system and method for transmitting a message over multiple communication networks is disclosed. In one exemplary embodiment, the present invention receives data to be transmitted to a receiver system; encrypts and compresses the data per business ruless, identifies the communication systems available to transmit the received data; determines the frame size that can be used on all of the business rule subset of identified communication systems; and passes frames of the received data to the identified communication systems, the passed frames being sized according to the determined frame size.

Claims

1. A method for transmitting a message over communication systems, the method comprising:

receiving data to be transmitted;

identifying which of the communication systems are available to transmit the received data;

determining the frame size that can be used on all of the identified communication systems; and

passing frames of the received data to the identified communication systems, the passed frames being sized according to the determined frame size;

whereby different frames of the received data can be transmitted over different ones of the identified communication systems.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the frame size that can be used on all of the identified communication systems comprises:

determining the largest frame size that each of the identified communication systems is configured to process.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining over which subset of the identified communication systems the received data should be transmitted.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

evaluating a message type associated with the received data using a business rule; and

determining over which communication systems the received data should be transmitted based on the evaluation of the message type.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying an application that originated the received data; and

determining over which communication systems the received data should be transmitted based on the determined application.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a user that originated the received data; and

determining over which communication systems the received data should be transmitted based on the determined user.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the received data at an application program.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the frames to a backend system.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving the frames after they are transmitted; and

reassembling the frames.

10. A system for transmitting data over multiple communication devices, the system comprising:

a plurality of transceivers, each transceiver being configured to operate according to a different communication protocol; and

a communication manager connected to the plurality of transceivers, the communication manager configured to;

identify which of the plurality of transceivers is available to transmit a data item to a remotely-located device;

determine the frame size that can be used by the identified plurality of transceivers; and

pass frames of the received data to the identified plurality of transceivers, the passed frames being sized according to the determined frame size;

whereby different frames of the received data can be transmitted by different ones of the plurality of transceivers.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

a second communication manager configured to reassemble frames transmitted by the plurality of transceivers.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an application program configured to process the data item after it is reassembled by the second communication manager.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising:

an application program configured to generate the data item.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the data item comprises a message or a packet.

15. A method for transmitting a message over multiple communication networks, the method comprising:

receiving a message to be transmitted to a receiver system;

identifying the communication systems available to transmit the message to the receiver system; and

passing frames of the message to the identified communication systems;

whereby different frames of the message can be passed over different ones of the identified communication systems.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining the largest frame size that each of the identified communication systems is configured to process;

wherein the passed frames are sized according to the largest frame size.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining a frame size that a particular one of the communication systems is configured to process;

wherein the frames passed to the particular one of the communication systems are configured according to the determined frame size.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein a frame corresponds to a package of information transmitted as a single unit.

19. A communication manager for managing communications over a plurality of transceivers, the communication manager comprising:

a memory device; and

a plurality of instructions configured to;

identify which of the plurality of transceivers is available to transmit a data item to a remotely-located device;

determine the frame size that can be used by the identified plurality of transceivers; and

pass frames of the received data to the identified plurality of transceivers, the passed frames being sized according to the determined frame size;

whereby different frames of the received data can be transmitted by different ones of the plurality of transceivers.

20. A method for transmitting a packet over multiple communication networks, the method comprising:

receiving a packet to be transmitted to a receiver system;

identifying the communication systems available to transmit the packet to the receiver system; and

passing frames of the packet to the identified communication systems;

whereby different frames of the packet can be passed over different ones of the identified communication systems.

21. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining the largest frame size that each of the identified communication systems is configured to process;

wherein the passed frames are sized according to the largest frame size.

22. The method of claim 20, further comprising:

determining a frame size that a particular one of the communication systems is configured to process;

wherein the frames passed to the particular one of the communication systems are configured according to the determined frame size.