TRANSMITTING DATA OVER A PLURALITY OF DIFFERENT NETWORKS

• US 20140146807A1
• Filed: 01/30/2014
• Published: 05/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wilmerding Communications, LLC
• Original Assignee: Pravala Inc.
• Inventors: Schmidtke, Jakub, Ward, Paul
• Granted Patent: US 10,601,962 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 370/338
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/163 In-band adaptation of TCP data exchange; In-band control procedures
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 80/06 Transport layer protocols, e.g. TCP [Transport Control Protocol] over wireless transmission control protocol/Internet protocol [TCP/IP] or user datagram protocol [UDP] H04L69/16

Abstract

A method for transmitting data from a mobile communication device to a remote server across a wireless network is described. The method comprising the following steps. Data is transmitted from an application executing on the mobile communication device using a standard reliable communication protocol. Prior to transmitting the data across the wireless network, receipt of the data is acknowledged, thereby simulating, to the application, receipt of the data by the remote server. Data is transmitted from the mobile communication device to the remote server using an intermediary communication protocol. A mobile communication device and a system implementing the method are also described.

Claims

1. A mobile communication device configured to transmit data to a remote server, the mobile communication device comprising:

a wireless communication interface for communicating across a wireless network;

a processor for executing computer-readable instructions; and

memory for storing the computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions operable to;

transmit data from an application executing on the mobile communication device using a reliable communication protocol;

prior to transmitting the data across the wireless network, acknowledge receipt of the data via a client protocol controller, thereby simulating, to the application, receipt of the data by the remote server; and

transmit data from the mobile communication device to the remote server using an intermediary communication protocol.

2. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the intermediary communication protocol is customized for the wireless network.

3. The mobile communication device of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of communication interfaces for transmitting data simultaneously, each communication interface configured to transmit data across a different network path.

4. The mobile communication device of claim 3, wherein the intermediary communication protocol is configured for transmitting data simultaneously via the plurality of communication interfaces.

5. The mobile communication device of claim 3, wherein the intermediary communication protocol a reliable transmission protocol.

6. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the client protocol controller is implemented on the mobile communication device.

7. The mobile communication device of claim 1, wherein the client protocol controller is implemented on a client-side device and an acknowledgment message is transmitted to the mobile communication device to acknowledge receipt of the data.

8. A method for transmitting data from a mobile communication device to a remote server across a wireless network, the method comprising the steps of:

transmitting data from an application executing on the mobile communication device using a standard reliable communication protocol;

prior to transmitting the data across the wireless network, acknowledging receipt of the data, thereby simulating, to the application, receipt of the data by the remote server; and

transmitting data from the mobile communication device to the remote server using an intermediary communication protocol.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the intermediary communication protocol is customized for the wireless network.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the data is transmitted simultaneously across a plurality of communication interfaces, each of the plurality of communication interfaces configured to transmit data across a different network path.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the intermediary communication protocol is configured for transmitting data simultaneously via the plurality of communication interfaces.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the intermediary communication protocol a reliable transmission protocol.

13. The method of claims 8, wherein the step of transmitting the data from the mobile communication device to the remote server comprises transmitting the data to a proxy server using the intermediary communication protocol and transmitting the data from the proxy server to the remote server using a predefined reliable protocol.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the predefined reliable protocol is the standard reliable communication protocol.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the standard reliable communication protocol is the Transmission Control Protocol (TCP).

16. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of acknowledging receipt of the data is performed by the mobile communication device.

17. The method of claim 8, wherein the step of acknowledging receipt of the data is performed by a client-side device in communication with the mobile communication device.

18. A system configured to exchange data between a mobile communication device and a remote server via a proxy server, wherein:

the remote server is configured to communicate using a reliable transmission protocol;

the mobile communication device comprises;

a wireless communication interface for communicating across a wireless network;

a processor for executing computer-readable instructions; and

memory for storing the computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions operable to;

exchange data between an application and a client protocol controller using a standard reliable communication protocol;

exchange the data with the proxy server using an intermediary communication protocol;

the proxy server comprises;

a communication interface for communicating across the wireless network;

a processor for executing computer-readable instructions; and

memory for storing the computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions operable to;

exchange the data with the mobile communication device using the intermediary communication protocol; and

exchange the data with the remote server via the server protocol controller using the standard reliable communication protocol.