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Methods for managing a broadband connection using a narrowband connection

  • US 9,930,560 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2013
  • Issued: 03/27/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for application controlled network selection between a broadband network and a narrowband network, the method comprising:

  • operating, by a source device, an application that communicates with an end device through a narrowband connection;

    acquiring, by the source device, a source broadband connection comprising a source broadband network address;

    establishing, by the source device, a peer-to-peer broadband connection with the end device using the narrowband connection to communicate the source broadband network address to the end device;

    using, by the source device, the established peer-to-peer broadband connection for communicating data associated with the application to the end device;

    after the peer-to-peer broadband connection is established, maintaining, by the source device, the narrowband connection for a duration of the peer-to-peer broadband connection and managing, by the source device, the established peer-to-peer broadband connection using the narrowband connection as a control channel for the peer-to-peer broadband connection;

    creating a tunnel over the established peer-to-peer broadband connection; and

    transferring, by the source device, the data with an address from the narrowband connection encapsulated in the tunnel over the established peer-to-peer broadband connection.

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