Gateway network multiplexing
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a gateway configured to;
receive data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network;
determine a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition;
obtain approval to transmit through at least one of the wide area networks;
transmit the received data to the one of second one or more devices over the preferred wide area network through one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the preferred wide area network; and
in response to the preferred wide area network being unavailable, transmitting, by the gateway, the received data to the one of the second one or more devices over the back-up wide area network through another one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the back-up wide area network.
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Abstract
A gateway adapted to receive data from a device of a local area network is described herein. In some embodiments, the gateway may be adapted to multiplex received data to another device among multiple wide area networks, wherein at least one of the wide area networks is a wireless wide area network. The gateway may have a wireless wide area networking interface and at least one of one or more other wireless wide area networking interfaces and/or one or more wired wide area networking interfaces, the wired and/or wireless networking interfaces each adapted to transmit data to at least one of the multiple wide area networks. In other embodiments, the gateway may be adapted to transmit the received data to the other device through a preferred wide area network, and, if that network is unavailable or operating conditions determine otherwise, transmit the received data to the other device through a back-up wide area network.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a gateway configured to; receive data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network; determine a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition; obtain approval to transmit through at least one of the wide area networks; transmit the received data to the one of second one or more devices over the preferred wide area network through one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the preferred wide area network; and in response to the preferred wide area network being unavailable, transmitting, by the gateway, the received data to the one of the second one or more devices over the back-up wide area network through another one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the back-up wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8)
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4. An apparatus, comprising:
a gateway configured to; receive data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network; determine a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition; and simultaneously transmit the received data over the preferred and the back-up wide area networks, by the gateway, through the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly coupled to the preferred wide area network and the back-up wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 22)
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9. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a gateway, data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network; determining, by the gateway, a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition; obtaining, by the gateway, approval to transmit through at least one of the wide area networks; transmitting, by the gateway, the received data to the one of second one or more devices over the preferred wide area network through one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the preferred wide area network; and in response to the preferred wide area network being unavailable, transmitting, by the gateway, the received data to the one of the second one or more devices over the back-up wide area network through another one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the back-up wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method, comprising:
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receiving, by a gateway, data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network; determining, by the gateway, a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition; and simultaneously transmitting the received data over the preferred and the back-up wide area networks, by the gateway, through the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly coupled to the preferred wide area network and the back-up wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a non-transitory, tangible, machine accessible storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of machine executable instructions, wherein the instructions are configured to cause a gateway, in response to execution of the instructions by the gateway, to perform operations comprising; receiving data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network; determining a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition; obtaining approval to transmit through at least one of the wide area networks; transmitting the received data to the one of second one or more devices over the preferred wide area network through one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the preferred wide area network; and in response to the preferred wide area network being unavailable, transmitting, the received data to the one of the second one or more devices over the back-up wide area network through another one of the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly communicatively coupled to the back-up wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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23. An article of manufacture comprising:
a non-transitory, tangible, machine-accessible storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of machine executable instructions, wherein the instructions are configured to cause a gateway, in response to execution of the instructions by the gateway, to perform operations comprising; receiving data from one of first one or more devices of a local area network to be transmitted to one of second one or more devices, wherein the gateway includes a plurality of wide area network interfaces respectively communicatively coupled to a plurality of wide area networks, and wherein at least one of the plurality of wide area networks is a wireless wide area network; determining a preferred wide area network and a back-up wide area network among the plurality of wide area networks based on one or more of an association with a service provider, a throughput, or an operating condition; and simultaneously transmitting the received data over the preferred and the back-up wide area networks through the plurality of wide area network interfaces correspondingly coupled to the preferred wide area network and the back-up wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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