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US 2012/0057456 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for distributed communication using short range and wide range communication links
AssigneeNearverse, Inc.
InventorsBoris Bogatin, Drew Jacobs
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for a wireless device comprising means for receiving first packets of an IP flow utilizing a wireless link to a cellular base station or a Wi-Fi access point during a first time interval; means for receiving second packets of an IP flow utilizing a wireless link to another wireless device during the first time interval; and means for recovering the IP flow utilizing the first and second packets are disclosed.
Claims18
A wireless device comprising:
- means for receiving first packets of an IP flow utilizing a wireless link to a first communication device during a first time interval, wherein the first communication device is a cellular base station or a Wi-Fi access point;
- means for receiving second packets of the IP flow utilizing a peer-to-peer wireless link to a second communication wireless device during the first time interval;
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- means for recovering the IP flow utilizing the first and second packets, wherein the first packets and second packets are associated with the same IP flow.
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A method comprising:
- a wireless device receiving first packets of an IP flow utilizing a wireless link to a first communication device during a first time interval, wherein the first communication device is a cellular base station or a Wi Fi access point;
- the wireless device receiving second packets of the IP flow utilizing a wireless link to a second communication device during the first time interval;
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- the wireless device recovering the IP flow utilizing the first and second packets, wherein the first and second packets are associated with the same IP flow.
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