Lte and external wifi bandwidth aggregation

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving at a femtocell a stream of data packets for a mobile device from a wireless transceiver;
• means for selecting a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the femtocell to the mobile device, the means for selecting comprising means for determining whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the mobile device using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the femtocell, to send the data packets to the wireless transceiver for transmission to the mobile device using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the wireless transceiver, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the mobile device via the LTE interface and sending a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver for transmission to the mobile device via the WiFi interface;
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• means for sending the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

A tangible computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell, comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:

• receive at a femtocell a stream of data packets for a mobile device from a wireless transceiver;
• select a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the femtocell to the mobile device, the instructions configured to cause the computer to select the transmission mode comprising instructions to cause the computer to determine whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the mobile device using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the femtocell, to send the data packets to the wireless transceiver for transmission to the mobile device using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the wireless transceiver, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the mobile device via the LTE interface and sending a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver for transmission to the mobile device via the WiFi interface;
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• send the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell comprising:

• a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory;
• a plurality of modules comprising processor executable code stored in the memory;
• a processor connected to the memory and configured to access the plurality of modules stored in the memory;
• and
• a data aggregation module configured to
• receive at a femtocell a stream of data packets for a mobile device from a wireless transceiver;
• select a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the femtocell to the mobile device, the data aggregation module being further configured to determine whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the mobile device using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the femtocell, to send the data packets to the wireless transceiver for transmission to the mobile device using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the wireless transceiver, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the mobile device via the LTE interface and sending a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver for transmission to the mobile device via the WiFi interface;
• and
• send the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

A method for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device, the method comprising:

• receiving a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a femtocell using a first wireless communications protocol;
• receiving a second portion of data packets from the data stream from a wireless transceiver using a second wireless communications protocol, the wireless transceiver being separate from the femtocell;
• and
• aggregating the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a femtocell using a first wireless communications protocol;
• means for receiving a second portion of data packets from the data stream from a wireless transceiver using a second wireless communications protocol, the wireless transceiver being separate from the femtocell;
• and
• means for aggregating the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device.

A tangible computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device, comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:

• receive a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a femtocell using a first wireless communications protocol;
• receive a second portion of data packets from the data stream from a wireless transceiver using a second wireless communications protocol, the wireless transceiver being separate from the femtocell;
• and
• aggregate the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device comprising:

• a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory;
• a plurality of modules comprising processor executable code stored in the memory;
• a processor connected to the memory and configured to access the plurality of modules stored in the memory;
• and
• a data aggregation module configured to
• receive a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a femtocell using a first wireless communications protocol;
• receive a second portion of data packets from the data stream from a wireless transceiver using a second wireless communications protocol, the wireless transceiver being separate from the femtocell;
• and
• aggregate the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device.

A method for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device, the method comprising:

• receiving at an aggregation module of a mobile device a stream of data packets to be transmitted to a remote network entity;
• selecting a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the mobile device to a femtocell associated with the mobile device, the selecting comprising determining whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the femtocell using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the mobile device, to transmit the data packets to a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell for routing to the femtocell using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the mobile device, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the femtocell via the LTE interface and transmitting a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver via a WiFi interface for routing to the femtocell;
• and
• sending the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving at an aggregation module of a mobile device a stream of data packets to be transmitted to a remote network entity;
• means for selecting a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the mobile device to a femtocell associated with the mobile device, the selecting comprising determining whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the femtocell using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the mobile device, to transmit the data packets to a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell for routing to the femtocell using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the mobile device, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the femtocell via the LTE interface and transmitting a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver via a WiFi interface for routing to the femtocell;
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• means for sending the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

A tangible computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device, comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:

• receive at an aggregation module of a mobile device a stream of data packets to be transmitted to a remote network entity;
• select a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the mobile device to a femtocell associated with the mobile device, the selecting comprising determining whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the femtocell using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the mobile device, to transmit the data packets to a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell for routing to the femtocell using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the mobile device, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the femtocell via the LTE interface and transmitting a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver via a WiFi interface for routing to the femtocell;
• and
• send the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a mobile device comprising:

• a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory;
• a plurality of modules comprising processor executable code stored in the memory;
• a processor connected to the memory and configured to access the plurality of modules stored in the memory;
• and
• a data aggregation module configured to
• receive at an aggregation module of a mobile device a stream of data packets to be transmitted to a remote network entity;
• select a transmission mode, for sending data packets of the stream of data packets from the mobile device to a femtocell associated with the mobile device, the selecting comprising determining whether to transmit the data packets from the stream of data packets to the femtocell using a first transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a Long Term Evolution (LTE) interface of the mobile device, to transmit the data packets to a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell for routing to the femtocell using a second transmission mode comprising transmitting the data packets from the stream via a WiFi interface of the mobile device, or to transmit the data packets from the data stream using a third transmission mode comprising transmitting a first portion of the data packets to the femtocell via the LTE interface and transmitting a second portion of the data packets to the wireless transceiver via a WiFi interface for routing to the femtocell;
• and
• send the data packets according to the selected transmission mode.

A method for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the femtocell, a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a mobile device via a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell;
• receiving, at the femtocell, a second portion of data packets from the data stream from the mobile device via a wireless connection with the mobile device;
• aggregating the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the femtocell to create an aggregated data stream, and
• sending the aggregated data stream to a destination network entity which is an intended recipient of the first set of data packets and the second set of data packets.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving, at the femtocell, a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a mobile device via a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell;
• means for receiving, at the femtocell, a second portion of data packets from the data stream from the mobile via a wireless connection with the mobile device;
• means for aggregating the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device at the femtocell to create an aggregated data stream, and
• means for sending the aggregated data stream to a destination network entity which is an intended recipient of the first set of data packets and the second set of data packets.

A tangible computer-readable medium, having stored thereon computer-readable instructions for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell, comprising instructions configured to cause a computer to:

• receive, at the femtocell, a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a mobile device via a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell;
• receive, at the femtocell, a second portion of data packets from the data stream from the mobile via a wireless connection with the mobile device;
• aggregate the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device at the femtocell to create an aggregated data stream, and
• send the aggregated data stream to a destination network entity which is an intended recipient of the first set of data packets and the second set of data packets.

An apparatus for aggregating wireless communications traffic in a femtocell comprising:

• a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable memory;
• a plurality of modules comprising processor executable code stored in the memory;
• a processor connected to the memory and configured to access the plurality of modules stored in the memory;
• and
• a data aggregation module configured to
• receive, at the femtocell, a first portion of data packets from a data stream from a mobile device via a wireless transceiver external to the femtocell;
• receive, at the femtocell, a second portion of data packets from the data stream from the mobile via a wireless connection with the mobile device;
• aggregate the first portion of the data packets and the second portion of the data packets to reassemble the data stream at the mobile device at the femtocell to create an aggregated data stream, and
• send the aggregated data stream to a destination network entity which is an intended recipient of the first set of data packets and the second set of data packets.