Multi-path access network
AssigneeTessares SA
InventorsGregory Detal, Matthieu Baerts
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Abstract
A method for providing multi-path network access to a client in a network includes, by a first circuitry; i) providing routing of packets between the network and a first access network; ii) providing forwarding of packets within the first communication network; iii) intercepting packets from the client node destined for a destination node outside the first communication network; iv) forwarding the intercepted packets to a multi-path agent within the first network; and by the multi-path agent: i) receiving the intercepted packets from the first routing circuitry; ii) transforming the intercepted packets to multi-path packets supporting a multi-path networking protocol; and iv) forwarding, the multi-path packets to the first and/or second routing circuitry for further routing.
Claims16
A computer-implemented method for providing multi-path network access to a client node in a first local area network, the method comprising, by a first routing circuitry that is network addressable:
- providing routing of packets between the first local area network and a first access network thereby providing network access to the first local area network;
- providing forwarding of packets within the first local area network;
- intercepting network packets from the client node destined for a destination node outside the first local area network;
- forwarding the intercepted network packets to a multi-path agent that is network addressable within the first network;
- the method further comprising, by the multi-path agent:
- receiving the intercepted network packets from the first routing circuitry;
- transforming the intercepted network packets to multi-path networking packets supporting a multi-path networking protocol;
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- forwarding, according to the multi-path networking protocol, the multi-path networking packets to the first routing circuitry for further routing along the first access network and/or to a second routing circuitry that is network addressable for further routing along a second access network;
- wherein the second routing circuitry provides network access to the first local area network over the second access network.
A gateway router comprising a routing circuitry that is network addressable configured to perform the following steps:
- providing routing, of packets between a first local area network and a first access network thereby providing network access to the first local area network;
- providing forwarding of packets within the first local area network;
- intercepting network packets from a client node destined for a destination node outside the first local area network;
- forwarding the intercepted network packets to a multi-path agent that is network addressable within the first network;
- receiving from the multi-path agent a selection of the intercepted network packets transformed according to a multi-path networking protocol;
- forwarding the transformed network packets to the destination node over the first access network.
A networking device comprising a communication interface and multipath circuitry that is network addressable configured to perform the following steps:
- receiving intercepted network packets from a gateway router;
- transforming the intercepted network packets to multi-path networking packets according to a multi-path networking protocol;
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- forwarding, according to the multi-path networking protocol, the multi-path networking packets to the gateway router for further routing along the first access network and/or to a second routing circuitry that is network addressable for further routing along a second access network;
- wherein the second routing circuitry provides network access to the first local area network over a second access network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.