Apparatus, method and system of tethering between a mobile device and a network
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a cellular transceiver to communicate between a first cellular device and a network server via a cellular network link; and
a tethering controller to control at said first cellular device tethering between one or more mobile devices and said network server, via a wireless local area network (WLAN) between said first cellular device and said mobile devices, said tethering controller to manage communication of traffic between said mobile devices and said network server via a distributed access path including a first path and at least one second path, said first path including said cellular network link, and said second path including a non-cellular link between said first cellular device and a second cellular device, said tethering controller configured to determine a distribution setup defining a distribution of the traffic between said first and second paths based on at least one parameter selected from a group consisting of a power consumption parameter relating to a power consumption of said first cellular device, a power state parameter relating to a power state of said first cellular device, and a billing parameter relating to a billing of communication over at least one of said first path or said second path, the distribution setup to define a distribution of different non-zero amounts of traffic over the first and second paths, said tethering controller to cause said first cellular device to transmit to said network server configuration information indicating said distribution setup, and to communicate said traffic via said distributed access path according to said distribution setup.
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Abstract
Some demonstrative embodiments include devices, systems and methods of tethering between a mobile device and a network. For example, a first cellular device may include a tethering controller to control tethering between one or more mobile devices and a network server via a wireless local area network (WLAN) between the first cellular device and the mobile devices. The tethering controller may be configured to manage communication of traffic between the mobile devices and the network server via a distributed access path including a first path and at least one second path, the first path including a cellular network link between the first cellular device and the network server, and the second path including a non-cellular link between the first cellular device and a second cellular device.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a cellular transceiver to communicate between a first cellular device and a network server via a cellular network link; and a tethering controller to control at said first cellular device tethering between one or more mobile devices and said network server, via a wireless local area network (WLAN) between said first cellular device and said mobile devices, said tethering controller to manage communication of traffic between said mobile devices and said network server via a distributed access path including a first path and at least one second path, said first path including said cellular network link, and said second path including a non-cellular link between said first cellular device and a second cellular device, said tethering controller configured to determine a distribution setup defining a distribution of the traffic between said first and second paths based on at least one parameter selected from a group consisting of a power consumption parameter relating to a power consumption of said first cellular device, a power state parameter relating to a power state of said first cellular device, and a billing parameter relating to a billing of communication over at least one of said first path or said second path, the distribution setup to define a distribution of different non-zero amounts of traffic over the first and second paths, said tethering controller to cause said first cellular device to transmit to said network server configuration information indicating said distribution setup, and to communicate said traffic via said distributed access path according to said distribution setup. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a memory; a processor; and a communication controller to control at a network server communication of traffic between said network server and one or more mobile devices via a distributed access path, which is distributed between at least first and second paths, said first path including a first cellular network link between said network server and a first cellular device, and said second path including a second cellular link between said network server and a second cellular device, said communication controller to process configuration information from said first cellular device, said configuration information indicating a distribution setup determined by said first cellular device, said distribution setup defining a distribution of the traffic between said first and second paths based on at least one parameter selected from a group consisting of a power consumption parameter relating to a power consumption of said first cellular device, a power state parameter relating to a power state of said first cellular device, and a billing parameter relating to a billing of communication over at least one of said first path or said second path, the distribution setup to define a distribution of different non-zero amounts of traffic over the first and second paths, said communication controller to cause said network server to communicate said traffic via said distributed access path according to said distribution setup. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A product including one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations comprising:
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at a first cellular device, communicating with one or more mobile devices via a wireless local area network (WLAN) between said first cellular device and said mobile devices; communicating between said first cellular device and a network server via a cellular network link between said first cellular device and a network server; and tethering between the one or more mobile devices and said network server by communicating traffic between said mobile devices and said network server via a distributed access path including a first path and at least one second path, said first path including said cellular network link, and said second path including a non-cellular link between said first cellular device and a second cellular device, said tethering comprises determining a distribution setup defining a distribution of the traffic between said first and second paths based on at least one parameter selected from a group consisting of a power consumption parameter relating to a power consumption of said first cellular device, a power state parameter relating to a power state of said first cellular device, and a billing parameter relating to a billing of communication over at least one of said first path or said second path, the distribution setup defining a distribution of different non-zero amounts of traffic over the first and second paths, said tethering comprises transmitting from said first cellular device to said network server configuration information indicating said distribution setup, and communicating said traffic via said distributed access path according to said distribution setup. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A product including one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one computer processor, enable the at least one computer processor to implement operations comprising:
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at a network server, communicating with a first cellular device over a first cellular link; communicating with a second cellular device over a second cellular link; processing configuration information from said first cellular device, said configuration information indicating a distribution setup determined by said first cellular device, said distribution setup defining a distribution of traffic between at least first and second paths based on at least one parameter selected from a group consisting of a power consumption parameter relating to a power consumption of said first cellular device, a power state parameter relating to a power state of said first cellular device, and a billing parameter relating to a billing of communication over at least one of said first path or said second path, the distribution setup defining a distribution of different non-zero amounts of traffic over the first and second paths; and communicating the traffic between said network server and one or more mobile devices, which are connected to said first cellular device, by communicating said traffic via a distributed access path, which is distributed between the at least first and second paths, said first path including said first cellular network link, and said second path including said second cellular link. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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