Multiple path transmission of data
AssigneeAlcatel Lucent
InventorsStepan Kucera, Kariem Fahmi
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Abstract
A user equipment, intermediate proxy node, method and computer program are disclosed. The user equipment comprises a network control domain and a user domain and is operable to receive and transmit data via multiple communication paths. The user equipment has conversion logic within the user domain operable to convert between a single data stream and multiple data streams formed from the single data stream, such that at least two of the multiple communication paths may be used for transmission of the multiple data streams formed from the single data stream.
Claims16
A user equipment comprising a network control domain and a user domain, said user equipment being operable to receive and transmit data via multiple communication paths, said user equipment comprising:
- conversion logic within said user domain operable to convert between a single data stream and multiple data streams formed from said single data stream, such that at least two of said multiple communication paths may be used for transmission of said multiple data streams formed from said single data stream.
A method performed at a user equipment, said user equipment comprising a network control domain and a user domain, said user equipment being operable to receive and transmit data via multiple communication paths having different properties, said method comprising:
- converting within said user domain between a single data stream and multiple data streams such that at least two of said multiple communication paths may be used for transmission of said single data stream.
An intermediate proxy node operable to receive and forward signals transmitted between a user equipment and a server, said intermediate proxy node comprising:
- multiple user equipment interfaces for communicating via multiple communication paths with a user equipment;
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- a server interface for communicating with a server via a single communication path;
- said intermediate proxy node comprising conversion logic operable to convert between multiple data streams and a single data stream, such that a single data stream sent via said communication path between said server and said intermediate proxy node is sent as multiple data streams via multiple data paths between said user equipment and said intermediate proxy node.
A method performed at an intermediate proxy node for receiving and forwarding signals transmitted between a user equipment and a server, said intermediate proxy node comprising:
- a user equipment interface for communicating via multiple communication paths of different types with a user equipment;
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- a server interface for communicating with a server via a single communication path;
- said method comprising converting between multiple data streams and a single data stream, such that a single data stream sent via said communication path between said server and said intermediate proxy node is sent as multiple data streams via multiple data paths between said user equipment and said intermediate proxy node.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.