Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Transferring data between a first network node and a second network node by measuring a capability of different communication paths
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Application No.: US15039160Application Date: 2014-11-28
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Publication No.: US09729437B2Publication Date: 2017-08-08
- Inventor: Paul Burgess , David Trossell
- Applicant: Bridgeworks Limited
- Applicant Address: GB Hampshire
- Assignee: Bridgeworks Limited
- Current Assignee: Bridgeworks Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Hampshire
- Agency: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
- Priority: GB1321148.7 20131129
- International Application: PCT/GB2014/053534 WO 20141128
- International Announcement: WO2015/079248 WO 20150604
- Main IPC: H04W28/14
- IPC: H04W28/14 ; H04L12/721 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L5/00 ; H04L12/803 ; H04L12/24 ; H04L12/807 ; H04L12/863 ; H04L12/931 ; H04L29/08

Abstract:
Apparatus comprises: first and second transmitter interfaces, each configured to transmit data over a respective communications path including one or more logical connections; first and second transmit buffers forming part of the first and second transmitter interfaces respectively, the first and second transmit buffers being configured to store packets of data for transmission over their respective communication path; one or more path capability determining modules configured to determine a measure of capability of each of the communications paths to transmit data; an input data buffer configured to store data for provision to the first and second transmit buffers for subsequent transmission; and a data handling module configured to respond to determining the presence of data in the input buffer for transmission by: using the measured capabilities of the communication paths and measures of the quantity of data stored in the transmit buffers to select one of the first and second transmitter interfaces for transmitting data; and providing at least one packet of data to the transmit buffer of the selected one of the first and second transmitter interfaces.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170019333A1 Transferring Data Between a First Network Node and a Second Network Node Public/Granted day:2017-01-19
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