Communication terminal apparatus and method of performing communication by using plurality of network interfaces mounted on the communication terminal apparatus

• US 9,577,942 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2014
• Issued: 02/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Min-ho, Park, Soo-hong, Hwang, Cheol-ju, Kim, Pyoung-yun
• Primary Examiner(s): Lai, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): ANDREWS, HOYET H
• Application Number:
  US14/458,777
• Publication Number:
  US 20140348001A1
• Time in Patent Office: 923 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2101/677 Multiple interfaces, e.g. multihomed nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/125 by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/24 Traffic characterised by specific attributes, e.g. priority or QoS
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/2475 for supporting traffic characterised by the type of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols

Abstract

Provided is a method of performing communication by using a plurality of network interfaces mounted on a communication terminal apparatus. The method includes allocating different Internet protocol (IP) addresses corresponding to the plurality of network interfaces to a plurality of applications of the communication terminal apparatus, relaying data transmitted or received between the plurality of applications and the plurality of network interfaces based on the allocated IP addresses, and simultaneously performing communication with an external network by the plurality of network interfaces through the relaying of the data.

Claims

1. A method of transmitting data by using a plurality of network interfaces mounted on a communication terminal apparatus, the method comprising:

dividing the data into a plurality of data parts based on a bandwidth of a respective network interface of the plurality of network interfaces;

respectively allocating the divided data parts to the plurality of network interfaces; and

transmitting the data based on the allocating,

wherein the dividing of the data into the plurality of data parts comprises;

determining at least one of a position for starting the dividing and a position for finishing the dividing of the data based on the bandwidth of each of the plurality of network interfaces.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

allocating different Internet protocol (IP) addresses of the plurality of network interfaces to at least one of application of the communication terminal apparatus; and

relaying the data between the at least one of application and the plurality of network interfaces based on the allocated different IP addresses.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the allocating of the different IP addresses comprises allocating the different IP addresses to the at least one of application based on respective functions executed by the at least one of application.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the allocating further comprises allocating one of the IP addresses corresponding to a one of the constant network interface to one of the applications that executes a function of constantly transmitting data from among the at least one of application.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the allocating further comprises allocating one of the IP addresses corresponding to one of the high-security network interfaces to one of the applications that executes a function of transmitting data with security guaranteed from among the at least one of application.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the allocating further comprises allocating one of the IP addresses corresponding to one of the network interfaces that supports a high bandwidth to one of the applications that executes a function of transmitting a large amount of data from among the at least one of application.

7. A communication terminal apparatus, comprising:

a plurality of network interfaces;

a processor configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations comprising;

dividing the data into a plurality of data parts based on a bandwidth of a respective network interface of the plurality of network interfaces;

respectively allocating the divided data parts to the plurality of network interfaces; and

transmitting the data based on the allocating,

wherein the dividing of the data into the plurality of data parts comprises;

determining at least one of a position for starting the dividing and a position for finishing the dividing of the data based on the bandwidth of each of the plurality of network interfaces.

8. The communication terminal apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions to perform operations further comprising:

allocating different Internet protocol (IP) addresses of the plurality of network interfaces to at least one of application of the communication terminal apparatus; and

relaying the data between the at least one of application and the plurality of network interfaces based on the allocated different IP addresses.

9. The communication terminal apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that the allocating of the different IP addresses comprises allocating the different IP addresses to the at least one of application based on functions executed by the at least one of application.

10. The communication terminal apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that the allocating further comprises allocating an IP address that corresponds to a constant network interface to an application that executes a function that constantly transmits data from among the at least one of application.

11. The communication terminal apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that the allocating further comprises allocating an IP address corresponding to a high-security network interface to an application from among the at least one of application wherein the application executes a function of transmitting data with security guaranteed.

12. The communication terminal apparatus of claim 9, wherein the processor is configured with processor-executable instructions such that the allocating further comprises allocating an IP address corresponding to a network interface that supports a wide bandwidth to an application that executes a function of transmitting data of a large size from among the at least one of application.