Information Handling System Network Communication with Through Link Aggregation
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsKamal J. Koshy, Sagar S. Samant
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Abstract
A client information handling system application selectively communicates network packets simultaneously through plural network interfaces by leveraging network address translation at the network layer of the network packets. Network packets are distributed across the plural network interfaces to achieve desired network communication goals, such as bandwidth, data rates, quality of service, reliability and SAR requirements.
Claims12
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A method for communicating between a client information handling system and an external network, the method comprising:
- generating network packets with an application executing on the client information handling system, the network packets having a first Internet Protocol address associated with a first network medium and a second Internet Protocol address associated with a second network medium;
- translating at least some of the network packets to replace the first or second Internet Protocol address with an aggregated Internet Protocol address;
- tracking an association of the aggregated Internet Protocol address and the application in memory;
- and
- forwarding the network packets to the external network.
A method for communication between a client information handling system and an external network through an access point, the method comprising:
- establishing plural network interfaces between the client information handling system and the access point;
- communicating a coupling request from the client information handling system through one of the plural network interfaces to the access point, the coupling request associating a client application port to an Internet Protocol address of each of the plural network interfaces;
- storing the coupling request at the access point in association with an access point application port;
- communicating packets through the plural network interfaces to the access point with the client application port;
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- in response to receiving packets at the access point with the client application port, translating the packets for communication from the access point to include an access pointer Internet Protocol address and the access point application port.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.