Network interface communication

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018041920-A1
Application number	US-201515500637-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Priority date	Nov 30, 2015
Publication date	Feb 8, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An example system can include a communication device to communicate with a network. The system can include a long-term evolution (LTE) interface to communicatively couple the communication device to the network. The system can include a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface to communicatively couple the communication device to the network. A session associated with each of the LTE interface and the WLAN interface can be maintained together and an identical IP address can be associated with the LTE interface and the WLAN interface.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for network interface communication, comprising:
a communication device to communicate with a network; a long-term evolution (LTE) interface to communicatively couple the communication device to the network; and a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface to communicatively couple the communication device to the network; wherein:
a session associated with each of the LTE interface and the WLAN interface are maintained together; and
an identical IP address is associated with the LTE interface and the WLAN interface.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device maintains the identical IP address.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device sends and receives data over one of the WLAN interface and the LTE interface at a time.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communication device can change from using the LTE interface to using the WLAN interface and maintain a connection during the change.

5 . The system of claim 1 , comprising a Connection Manager associated with the communication device that includes a request engine to request changing which interface is being used to transfer data.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the Connection Manager includes a decision engine to make decisions about switch operations and send the decisions to a switch between the communication device and the network.

7 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions executable by a processing resource to cause a computer to:
receive a request to change from transferring data via a first interface to transferring data via a second interface, wherein the first interface and the second interface transfer the data between a communication device and a network; send an indication that the request has been accepted and performed; change a route for transferring the data from including the first interface to including the second interface.

8 . The medium of claim 7 , wherein the instruction s are executable by the processing resource to cause the computer to verify a connection between the communication device and the gateway.

9 . The medium of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processing resource to establish a connection between the communication device and the gateway when no communication can be verified.

10 . The medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are executable by the processing resource to receive a request to change from the second interface back to the first interface.

11 . The medium of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are executable by a processing resource to assign an identical address associated with both the first interface and the second interface.

12 . The medium of claim 7 , wherein the first interface is a long-term evolution (LTE) interface and the second interface is a wireless local area network (WLAN) interface.

13 . A method, comprising:
verifying that an LTE interface and a WLAN interface are connecting a communication device to a network through the respective LTE and WLAN interfaces; assigning a same IP address of the communication device associated with the LTE interface and the WLAN interface; sending a request from the communication device to change from using at least one of the LTE interface and the WLAN interface to using at least one of the WLAN interface and the LTE interface to transfer data; and maintaining a connection and associated IP address with both the LTE interface and the WLAN interface independent of whether the LTE interface or the WLAN interface is being used to transfer the data.

14 . The method of claim 13 , comprising receiving an indication that the request has been verified and data will be transferred through whichever of the LTE and WLAN interfaces the request is requesting to be changed to.

15 . The method of claim 14 , comprising continuing a session between the communication device and the network even though an interface used to transfer data has been changed.

Assignees

• Wang Shuai
• Xie Jun Qing
• Hewlett Packard Entpr Dev Lp

Inventors

• Wang Shuai
• Xie Jun Qing

Classifications

• H04W28/02

  Traffic management, e.g. flow control or congestion control · CPC title

• H04L45/245 Primary

  Link aggregation, e.g. trunking · CPC title

• H04W76/15

  Setup of multiple wireless link connections · CPC title

• H04W84/12

  WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] · CPC title

• H04W76/025

  Electricity · mapped topic