# US 11,122,638 B2 · Apparatus, system and method of concurrent multiple band (CMB) network access > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,122,638 B2 - Document ID: US11122638B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/726,884 - Filed: 2019-12-25 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2021-09-14 - Earliest claimed: 2019-12-25 - Assignees: Intel Corporation - Applicants: Intel Corporation - Inventors: Ofer Hareuveni; Daniel Cohn; David Birnbaum; Ehud Reshef; Dor Chay; Sivan Koffler - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11122638B2 ## CPC - H04W 76/15: Setup of multiple wireless link connections - H04L 61/5014: using dynamic host configuration protocol [DHCP] or bootstrap protocol [BOOTP] - H04W 12/068: {using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications} - H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract For example, a wireless communication device may be configured to, while communicating via a first radio of the wireless communication device over a first network connection in a first WLAN over a first wireless communication frequency band, identify a second WLAN over a second wireless communication frequency band for Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) network access, the second wireless communication frequency band different from the first wireless communication frequency band; based on identifying the second WLAN, to automatically transmit from a second radio of the wireless communication device user credentials to establish a second network connection with the second WLAN over the second wireless communication frequency band, the second network connection concurrent with the first network connection; and to concurrently communicate over the first and second network connections by routing to the first and second radios a plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus including logic and circuitry configured to cause a wireless communication device to: while communicating via a first radio of the wireless communication device over a first network connection in a first Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) over a first wireless communication frequency band, identify a second WLAN over a second wireless communication frequency band for Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) network access, the second wireless communication frequency band different from the first wireless communication frequency band; based on identifying the second WLAN, automatically transmit from a second radio of the wireless communication device user credentials to establish a second network connection with the second WLAN over the second wireless communication frequency band, the second network connection concurrent with the first network connection; and concurrently communicate over the first and second network connections by routing to the first and second radios a plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications to be executed by the wireless communication device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to map a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and a second IP address to a same local IP address for use by the one or more applications, the first IP address for communication by the first radio over the first network connection, the second IP address for communication by the second radio over the second network connection. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second WLANs share a same Service Set Identifier (SSID) and share a same Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3 configured to cause the wireless communication device to automatically transmit to the second WLAN user credentials of the first network connection. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3 configured to cause the wireless communication device to establish the second network connection using same security credentials of the first network connection. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first WLAN has a first Service Set Identifier (SSID), and the second WLAN has a second SSID different from the first SSID. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6 configured to cause the wireless communication device to automatically retrieve a user profile corresponding to the second SSID from a memory of the wireless communication device, the user profile comprising user credentials corresponding to the second SSID, and to transmit to the second WLAN the user credentials corresponding to the second SSID. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7 configured to cause the wireless communication device to automatically retrieve from the user profile security credentials corresponding to the second SSID, and to establish the second network connection using the security credentials corresponding to the second SSID. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause a user interface of the wireless communication device to provide to a user of the wireless communication device a concurrent connection indication to concurrently indicate a connection state of the first and second network connections. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to selectively enable or disable the CMB network access based on one or more predefined criteria. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to selectively enable or disable the CMB network access based on a power mode of the wireless communication device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to selectively enable or disable the CMB network access based on an interference between the first and second network connections. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 configured to cause the wireless communication device to selectively enable or disable the CMB network access based on at least one of a throughput criterion, a latency criterion, a stability criterion, or a channel condition criterion, the throughput criterion relating to a required throughput for the application streams and an available throughput of at least one of the first and second network connections, the latency criterion relating to a required latency for the application streams and a latency of at least one of the first and second network connections, the stability criterion relating to a stability of at least one of the first and second network connections, and the network condition criterion relating to a channel condition of at least one of the first and second network connections. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and second network connections are with a same Access Point (AP). ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first network connection is with a first Access Point (AP), and the second network connection is with a second AP. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the user credentials to establish the second network connection comprise at least one of a username, a password, a Media Access Control (MAC) address, a device barcode, an access code, or an acceptance of terms and conditions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first wireless communication frequency band is a first sub-band in a particular frequency band, and the second wireless communication frequency band is a second sub-band in the particular frequency band. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second wireless communication frequency bands comprises a 2.4 Gigahertz (GHz) band, a 5 GHz band, or a 6-7 GHz band. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1 comprising the first and second radios. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19 comprising one or more antennas connected to the first and second radios, a memory to store data processed by the wireless communication device, and a processor to execute instructions of the one or more applications. ### Claim 21 A product comprising one or more tangible computer-readable non-transitory storage media comprising computer-executable instructions operable to, when executed by at least one processor, enable the at least one processor to cause a wireless communication device to: while communicating via a first radio of the wireless communication device over a first network connection in a first Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) over a first wireless communication frequency band, identify a second WLAN over a second wireless communication frequency band for Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) network access, the second wireless communication frequency band different from the first wireless communication frequency band; based on identifying the second WLAN, automatically transmit from a second radio of the wireless communication device user credentials to establish a second network connection with the second WLAN over the second wireless communication frequency band, the second network connection concurrent with the first network connection; and concurrently communicate over the first and second network connections by routing to the first and second radios a plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications to be executed by the wireless communication device. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the wireless communication device to map a first Internet Protocol (IP) address and a second IP address to a same local IP address for use by the one or more applications, the first IP address for communication by the first radio over the first network connection, the second IP address for communication by the second radio over the second network connection. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The product of claim 21, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the wireless communication device to selectively enable or disable the CMB network access based on one or more predefined criteria. ### Claim 24 An apparatus of a wireless communication device, the apparatus comprising: means for causing the wireless communication device to, while communicating via a first radio of the wireless communication device over a first network connection in a first Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) over a first wireless communication frequency band, identify a second WLAN over a second wireless communication frequency band for Concurrent Multiple Band (CMB) network access, the second wireless communication frequency band different from the first wireless communication frequency band; means for causing the wireless communication device to, based on identifying the second WLAN, automatically transmit from a second radio of the wireless communication device user credentials to establish a second network connection with the second WLAN over the second wireless communication frequency band, the second network connection concurrent with the first network connection; and means for causing the wireless communication device to concurrently communicate over the first and second network connections by routing to the first and second radios a plurality of application streams corresponding to one or more applications to be executed by the wireless communication device. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the user credentials to establish the second network connection comprise at least one of a username, a password, a Media Access Control (MAC) address, a device barcode, an access code, or an acceptance of terms and conditions.