Method and system establishing a network connection

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016234337-A1
Application number	US-201315022770-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 18, 2013
Priority date	Sep 18, 2013
Publication date	Aug 11, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method of establishing a network connection between an application hosted on a first network device and a second network device, comprising receiving data from the application indicating communication requirements for the network connection, identifying a plurality of alternative available transport level components; and based on the received data, selecting one of the transport level components for use in the network connection.

First claim

1 . A method of establishing a network connection between an application hosted on a first network device and a second network device, comprising:
receiving data from the application indicating communication requirements for the network connection; identifying a plurality of alternative available transport level components; and based on the received data, selecting one of the transport level components for use in the network connection.

2 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of transport level components includes one or more transport protocols.

3 . A method according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the plurality of transport level components includes one or more messaging patterns.

4 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the transport level component is chosen so as to optimise the quality of service (QoS) of the network connection.

5 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the communication requirements relate to one or more of the latency and bandwidth required for the network connection.

6 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the choice of the transport level component is varied during the course of a single session between the application and the second network device.

7 . A method according to claim 6 , wherein a first one of the available transport level components is selected during initiation of the session and an alternative one of the available transport level components is subsequently selected during that same session.

8 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the method includes receiving information about the network environment and the choice of transport level component is determined at least in part based on the information.

9 . A method according to claim 8 , wherein the selection of transport level components is varied overtime in response to changes in the network environment.

10 . A method according to claim 1 , wherein the first network device hosts a plurality of applications and the method comprises establishing a respective network connection for each application, the selection of transport components being carried out independently for each application.

11 . A method according to claim 10 , comprising generating a respective network socket for each application, the socket being generated based on the transport components selected for that application's network connection.

12 . A method according to claim 1 , comprising transmitting data from the application to the second network device across the network connection.

13 . A device for establishing a network socket for connecting an application to a communications network, the device comprising:
a middleware component configured to interface with the application and to receive data from the application indicating communication requirements of the application; the middleware being operable to identify a plurality of alternative available transport level components for use in communicating data from the application over the network and to select one of the transport level components for generating the network socket.

14 . A device according to claim 13 , wherein the plurality of transport level components includes one or more transport protocols.

15 . A device according to claim 12 or 13 , wherein the plurality of transport level components includes one or more messaging patterns.

16 . A device according to claim 15 , wherein the transport level component is chosen so as to optimise the quality of service QoS of the network connection.

17 . A device according to claim 13 , wherein the communication requirements relate to one or more of the latency and bandwidth required for the network connection.

18 . A device according to claim 13 , wherein the middleware component is configured to vary the choice of the transport level component during the course of a single session between the application and the second network device.

19 . A device according to claim 18 , wherein the middleware component is configured to select a first one of the available transport level components during initiation of the session and to subsequently select an alternative one of the available transport level components during that same session.

20 . A device according to claim 13 , wherein the middleware is configured to receive as input information about the network environment and to select the transport level component at least in part based on the information.

21 . A device according to claim 13 , wherein the middleware is configured to interface with a plurality of applications and to receive data from each application indicating communication requirements of the respective application;
the middleware being operable to select a transport level component for generating a respective network socket for each application, wherein the transport level components are selected independently for each application.

22 . A device according to claim 13 or 21 , wherein each application is hosted on the device.

23 . A system comprising a plurality of devices according to claim 22 .

24 . A system comprising
a network device that hosts one or more applications; and one or more devices according to claim 13 or 21 .

25 . A computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by the computer will cause the compute to carry out a method according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk

Inventors

• Wilcox James
• Kaleshi Dritan
• Sooriyabandara Mahesh

Classifications

• H04N1/32765

  Initiating a communication · CPC title

• H04L69/326 Primary

  in the transport layer [OSI layer 4] (H04L69/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N1/327

  Initiating, continuing or ending a single-mode communication; Handshaking therefor {(H04N1/32614 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• H04L67/322 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/61 Primary

  taking into account QoS or priority requirements · CPC title