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AssigneeCharter Communications Operating, LLC
InventorJody Beck
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A first communications device may use one or a plurality of communications connections in parallel for a communications session between the first communications device and the second communications device. The first device makes decisions as to the number of connections to use, the level of error correcting code to use, and/or the level of packet redundancy to use based on test scores corresponding to one or more communications session connections. The first communications device generates a first test score corresponding to a first communications session connection based on a test performed over a first test path between the first communications device and a test server, said first communications session connection and the first test path sharing a common link, e.g., a common wireless link between the first device and an access point. The first device may generate and use an overall connection score corresponding to a plurality of session connections.
A method of operating a first communications device, the method comprising:
A first communications device comprising:
A non-transitory computer readable medium including computer executable instructions which when executed by a processor of a first communications device cause the first communications device to perform the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.