Systems and methods for traffic aggregation on multiple cellular-based standards channels for cellular phone hotspot

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418474-B2
Application number	US-202217712177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2022
Priority date	Dec 5, 2011
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

In accordance with embodiments disclosed herein, there are provided methods, systems, mechanisms, techniques, and apparatuses for traffic aggregation on multiple WAN backhauls and multiple distinct LAN networks; for traffic load balancing on multiple WAN backhauls and multiple distinct LAN networks; and for performing self-healing operations utilizing multiple WAN backhauls serving multiple distinct LAN networks. For example, in one embodiment, a first Local Area Network (LAN) access device is to establish a first LAN; a second LAN access device is to establish a second LAN; a first Wide Area Network (WAN) backhaul connection is to provide the first LAN access device with WAN connectivity; a second WAN backhaul connection is to provide the second LAN access device with WAN connectivity; and a traffic aggregation unit is to form a logically bonded WAN interface over the first WAN backhaul and the second WAN backhaul. In some embodiments an optional traffic de-aggregation unit may be used.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cellular phone comprising:
a first wireless interface coupled to a base station, the first interface receives a first wireless signal from the base station, the first wireless signal being compliant with a first cellular standard and having a first rate;
a second wireless interface coupled to the base station, the second interface receives a second wireless signal from the base station, the second wireless signal being compliant with a second cellular standard and having a second rate, the second rate being different than the first rate;
a third wireless interface coupled to receive data from the first and second wireless signals, the third wireless interface transmits the received data to at least one other wireless device within a hotspot coupled to the cellular phone;
wherein the cellular phone generates first information related to a first wireless channel in which the first wireless signal is transmitted and generates second information related to a second wireless channel in which the second wireless signal is transmitted; and
wherein transmission of the second wireless signal in the second wireless channel is at least partially in response to a soft failure of the first wireless channel.

2. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal are beamformed.

3. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the first and second information are transmitted to the base station.

4. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the first information and the second information are analyzed to selectively determine transmission of data within at least one of the first wireless channel and the second wireless channel.

5. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the first information relates to a first link quality of the first wireless channel and the second information relates to a second link quality of the second wireless channel.

6. The cellular phone of claim 4 , wherein transmission of the second wireless signal is at least partially in response to the first link quality falling below a threshold.

7. The cellular phone of claim 1 , further comprising a traffic aggregator coupled to the first, second and third interfaces, the traffic aggregator aggregates data from the first wireless signal and the second wireless signal and sends the aggregated data to the third interface.

8. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein transmission of the first wireless signal and transmission of the second wireless signal does not overlap in time.

9. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein a first power level of the first wireless signal is at least partially based on the first information and a second power level of the second wireless signal is at least partially based on the second information.

10. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the first and second interfaces are integrated together into a single interface.

11. The cellular phone of claim 1 , wherein the first and second interfaces are discreet.

Assignees

• Assia Spe Llc

Inventors

• Cioffi John
• Tehrani Ardavan Maleki
• Rhee Wonjong
• Bhagavatula Ramya
• Chow Peter
• Kerpez Kenneth
• Galli Stefano
• Goldburg Marc
• Yun Sungho

Classifications

• H04L61/2514

  between local and global IP addresses · CPC title

• H04L47/13

  in a LAN segment, e.g. ring or bus · CPC title

• H04L47/125

  by balancing the load, e.g. traffic engineering · CPC title

• H04L41/0893

  Assignment of logical groups to network elements · CPC title

• H04L47/822

  Collecting or measuring resource availability data · CPC title