TRANSPORT PRIORITIZATION BASED ON MESSAGE TYPE

• US 20110167182A1
• Filed: 01/05/2010
• Published: 07/07/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Palin, Arto, Reunamäki, Jukka
• Application Number:
  US12/652,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20110167182A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/105
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 48/18 Selecting a network or a communication service

Abstract

A system for controlling message transmission in an apparatus. Messages pending for transmission in an apparatus may be analyzed in order to determine a type for each message. The type determined for each message may then be utilized to select a transport set comprising one or more transports. The apparatus may select a transport from the transport set and may then transmit the pending messages using the selected transport.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying a message in an apparatus to be transmitted via a transport-independent communication architecture;

determining a message type corresponding to the message;

selecting a transport set based on the determined message type, the transport set comprising one or more communication transports that are supported in the apparatus;

selecting at least one transport from the selected transport set for transmitting the message; and

transmitting the message using the selected transport.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining a message type comprises determining whether the message is a control-type message or a data-type message.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a transport set comprises selecting a set of transports for control-type messages or a set of transports for data-types messages.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the set of transports for control-type messages and the set of transports for data-type messages each comprise a prioritized list of transports.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the list of transports are prioritized based on operational characteristics of the transports compared to at least one of the condition of the apparatus, the environment in which the apparatus is operating or network-related information.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein selecting at least one transport comprises selecting a usable transport having the highest priority from the selected transport set, the usable transports in the selected transport list comprising transports that are supported by both the apparatus and one or more other apparatuses intended as recipients of the message.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method is executed by a lower level data routing layer, the lower level data routing layer forming a middleware layer in the apparatus.

8. A computer program product comprising computer executable program code recorded on a computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising:

code configured to cause an apparatus to identify a message to be transmitted via a transport-independent communication architecture;

code configured to cause an apparatus to determine a message type corresponding to the message;

code configured to cause an apparatus to select a transport set based on the determined message type, the transport set comprising one or more communication transports that are supported in the apparatus;

code configured to cause an apparatus to select at least one transport from the selected transport set for transmitting the message; and

code configured to cause an apparatus to transmit the message using the selected transport.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein determining a message type comprises determining whether the message is a control-type message or a data-type message.

10. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein selecting a transport set comprises selecting a set of transports for control-type messages or a set of transports for data-types messages.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the set of transports for control-type messages and the set of transports for data-type messages each comprise a prioritized list of transports.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein the list of transports are prioritized based on operational characteristics of the transports compared to at least one of the condition of the apparatus, the environment in which the apparatus is operating or network-related information.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein selecting at least one transport comprises selecting a usable transport having the highest priority from the selected transport set, the usable transports in the selected transport list comprising transports that are supported by both the apparatus and one or more other apparatuses intended as recipients of the message.

14. The computer program product of claim 8, wherein the method is executed by a lower level data routing layer, the lower level data routing layer forming a middleware layer in the apparatus.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including executable instructions, the at least one memory and the executable instructions being configured to, in cooperation with the at least one processor, cause the device to perform at least the following;

identify a message to be transmitted via a transport-independent communication architecture;

determine a message type corresponding to the message;

select a transport set based on the determined message type, the transport set comprising one or more communication transports that are supported in the apparatus;

select at least one transport from the selected transport set for transmitting the message; and

transmit the message using the selected transport.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein determining a message type comprises determining whether the message is a control-type message or a data-type message.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein selecting a transport set comprises selecting a set of transports for control-type messages or a set of transports for data-types messages.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the set of transports for control-type messages and the set of transports for data-type messages each comprise a prioritized list of transports.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the list of transports are prioritized based on operational characteristics of the transports compared to at least one of the condition of the apparatus, the environment in which the apparatus is operating or network-related information.

20. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein selecting at least one transport comprises selecting a usable transport having the highest priority from the selected transport set, the usable transports in the selected transport list comprising transports that are supported by both the apparatus and one or more other apparatuses intended as recipients of the message.

21. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the method is executed by a lower level data routing layer, the lower level data routing layer forming a middleware layer in the apparatus.