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Systems/methods of access traffic steering, switching and splitting (ATSSS)

OwnerPeter D. Karabinis, Dimitrios P. Karabinisinventors

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Abstract

According to various embodiments of systems/methods disclosed herein, a system/method includes operations comprising: identifying a plurality of transmission paths, at least two of which comprise a heterogeneous difference relative to one another, for relaying information by a first system to a second system; transmitting first information by the first system to the second system by transmitting first data over a first transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths; and transmitting second information by the first system to the second system by transmitting second data over a second transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths; wherein the first transmission path comprises a heterogeneous difference relative to the second transmission path.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A first system that is configured to perform operations comprising:

identifying a plurality of transmission paths, at least two of which comprise a heterogeneous difference relative to one another, for relaying information to a second system;
transmitting first information to the second system by transmitting first data over a first transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths;
and
transmitting second information to the second system by transmitting second data over a second transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths;
wherein the first transmission path comprises a heterogeneous difference relative to the second transmission path;
wherein said transmitting first information to the second system by transmitting first data over a first transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths comprises transmitting the first data to a first device that is associated with said first transmission path and using the first device to relay the first data to the second system;
wherein said transmitting second information to the second system by transmitting second data over a second transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths comprises transmitting the second data to a second device that is associated with said second transmission path and using the second device to relay the second data to the second system;
and
wherein the first device is distinct and heterogeneous relative to the second device.

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A method comprising:

identifying a plurality of transmission paths, at least two of which comprise a heterogeneous difference relative to one another, for relaying information from a first system to a second system;
transmitting first information by the first system to the second system by transmitting first data over a first transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths;
and
transmitting second information by the first system to the second system by transmitting second data over a second transmission path of the plurality of transmission paths;
wherein the first transmission path comprises a heterogeneous difference relative to the second transmission path;
wherein said transmitting first information comprises transmitting the first data to a first device that is associated with said first transmission path and using the first device to relay the first data to the second system;
wherein said transmitting second information comprises transmitting the second data to a second device that is associated with said second transmission path and using the second device to relay the second data to the second system;
and
wherein the first device is distinct and heterogeneous relative to the second device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 19/408,780Filed 4 Dec 2025 · continuation
Priority: 13 Jan 2017
Granted: 28 Apr 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

H04W 48/16
Access restriction ; Network selection; Access point selection: discovering, processing access restriction or access information
H04L 45/24
Routing or path finding of packets in data switching networks: multipath
H04L 67/51
Network services: discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
H04L 69/18
Network arrangements, protocols or services independent of the application payload and not provided for in the other groups of this subclass:…

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