Macro-spatial network multiplexing

• US 20080080371A1
• Filed: 09/28/2006
• Published: 04/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Liu, Chunmei, Venkatachalam, Muthaiah, Timiri, Shailender
• Application Number:
  US11/528,917
• Publication Number:
  US 20080080371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/230
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2878 Access multiplexer, e.g. DSLAM generic distributed time multiplexers, e.g. TDM/TDMA H04J3/1694
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 45/24 Multipath
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

Embodiments of macro-spatial network multiplexing are presented herein.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more network connection devices to form first and second network connections; and

a module to;

form packets from data pertaining to a particular application; and

divide the packets to be transmitted via the first and second network connections such that the packets of data to be transmitted via the first network connection do not match the packets of data to be transmitted via the second network connection.

2. An apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the second network connection is wired.

3. An apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the first and the second network connections are heterogeneous, one to another.

4. An apparatus as described in claim 3, wherein the first and second network connections are associated with different service providers, one to another.

5. An apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein:

the first network connection is formed via a first said network connection device; and

the second network connection is formed via a second said network connection device.

6. An apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the first and second network connections are wireless, at least one of which conforms to one or more Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless networking standards.

7. An apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein the module is further configured to determine which of the first and second network connections are to be used to transmit particular said packets based on one or more considerations.

8. An apparatus as described in claim 7, wherein the one or more considerations are selected from a group consisting of quality of service, bandwidth and cost.

9. An apparatus as described in claim 1, wherein at least one said consideration is based, at least in part, on information received from a respective said base station.

10. An apparatus comprising:

a plurality of network connection devices;

a plurality of applications that generate data; and

a module to aggregate data from the plurality of applications and divide the aggregated data to be transmitted by the plurality of network connection devices such that each said network connection device transmits data from the plurality of applications.

11. An apparatus as described in claim 10, wherein a first said network connection device is configured to provide a network connection with a base station that is not compatible with a second said network connection device.

12. An apparatus as described in claim 10, wherein at least one of the network connection devices conforms to one or more Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless networking standards.

13. An apparatus as described in claim 10, wherein the module is further configured to determine which of the plurality of network connection devices are to be used to transmit the divided aggregated data based on one or more considerations selected from a group consisting of quality of service, available bandwidth, security and cost.

14. One or more computer-readable media comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, direct a client to aggregate data contained in packets substantially simultaneously received wirelessly from a plurality of base stations using separate wireless connections, wherein one or more of the packets received from a first one of the wireless connections are not received from a second one of the wireless connections.

15. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein each of the plurality of wireless connections is associated with a different service provider, one to another.

16. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein:

the packets received via the first one of the wireless connections are to be associated with a first application; and

the packets received via the second one of the wireless connections are to be associated with a second application.

17. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein the separate wireless connections are to be provided by separate respective wireless connection devices.

18. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein at least one of the wireless connections conforms to one or more Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless networking standards and another one of the wireless connections does not.

19. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein each of the base stations is to provide Internet access.

20. One or more computer-readable media as described in claim 14, wherein at least one of the base stations is configured to support a cellular network.

21. A system comprising:

a processor to execute first and second applications;

a liquid crystal display device to provide an output relating to execution of the first and second applications;

a first network connection device to maintain a wireless wide area network connection;

a second network connection device to maintain a wireless local area network connection; and

memory to maintain the first and second applications and a module that is executable on the processor to cause data from the first application to be transmitted by the first network connection device and cause data from the second application to be transmitted by the second network connection device.

22. A system as described in claim 21, wherein:

the first network connection device is configured to communicate in compliance with one or more Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 wireless networking standards; and

the second network connection device is configured to communicate over a wide area network.

23. A system as described in claim 22, wherein the first and second network connection devices each provide Internet access.