Data communication via communication links

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2021067415-A1
Application number	US-201916558424-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 3, 2019
Priority date	Sep 3, 2019
Publication date	Mar 4, 2021
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system for off-board communication includes data storage configured to store one or more data objects. A data object includes data of an application. The data object indicates a data object priority and one or more acceptable communication links associated with the application. The system also includes one or more processors configured to retrieve communication link status from a memory. The communication link status indicates available communication links with available bandwidth. The processors are also configured to retrieve the data object from the data storage based on the data object priority and acceptable communication links of the data object including the available communication links. The processors are further configured to generate, based on the available bandwidth of the available communication links, sub-data objects of the data object. The processors are also configured to initiate concurrent transmission of the sub-data objects via the available communication links.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A system for communication comprising:
data storage configured to store a data object including data of an application, wherein the data object indicates a data object priority and one or more acceptable communication links associated with the application, and wherein the data object priority is based on an application priority of the application; and one or more processors configured to:
retrieve, from a memory, communication link status of a plurality of communication links, the communication link status indicating a plurality of available communication links with available bandwidth;
retrieve the data object from the data storage based on the data object priority and acceptable communication links of the data object including the plurality of available communication links;
generate, based on the available bandwidth of the plurality of available communication links, sub-data objects of the data object; and
initiate concurrent transmission of the sub-data objects via the plurality of available communication links.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of communication links is associated with a particular utilization cost, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to select, based on the data object priority and total utilization cost associated with transmitting the data, the plurality of available communication links from a set of available communication links.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, responsive to receiving first data from the application:
generate a plurality of data objects based on the first data, each of the plurality of data objects indicating the data object priority and the acceptable communication links, wherein the plurality of data objects includes the data object and the first data includes the data; and store the plurality of data objects in the data storage.

4 . The system of claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of data objects indicates a source, a destination, the application, a time to live, a data object size, a data object identifier, or a combination thereof.

5 . The system of claim 3 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to, responsive to receiving the first data from the application, access configuration data from the memory to determine the application priority and the acceptable communication links.

6 . The system of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to update the configuration data responsive to receiving an update request via one of the plurality of communication links.

7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to, in response to determining that a size of the data object fails to satisfy a particular available bandwidth of each of the plurality of available communication links, determine that multiple communication links are to be used to transmit portions of the data.

8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to, in response to determining that multiple communication links are to be used to transmit portions of the data:
generate first sub-data objects from a first portion of the data of the data object; and generate second sub-data objects from a second portion of the data object, wherein the concurrent transmission of the sub-data objects includes transmission of the first sub-data objects via a first available communication link of the plurality of available communication links concurrently with transmission of the second sub-data objects via a second available communication link of the plurality of available communication links.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein a first size of each of the first sub-data objects is based on a first available bandwidth of the first available communication link, and wherein a second size of each of the second sub-data objects is based on a second available bandwidth of the second available communication link.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein one or more sub-data objects corresponding to a remaining portion of the data object are concurrently transmitted via one or more additional available communication links of the plurality of available communication links.

11 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a communication link status monitor configured to update the communication link status.

12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
determine, based on notifications received via the plurality of available communication links, whether the sub-data objects have been transmitted successfully; and in response to determining that the sub-data objects have been transmitted successfully, designate the data object for deletion from the data storage.

13 . A method of communication comprising:
retrieving, at a device from a memory, communication link status of a plurality of communication links, the communication link status indicating a plurality of available communication links with available bandwidth; retrieving, at the device from a data storage, a data object based on a data object priority of the data object and acceptable communication links indicated by the data object including the plurality of available communication links, wherein the data object includes data of an application, wherein the acceptable communication links are associated with the application, and wherein the data object priority is based on an application priority of the application; generating, based on the available bandwidth of the plurality of available communication links, sub-data objects of the data object; and initiating concurrent transmission of the sub-data objects via the plurality of available communication links.

14 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising selecting, based on the data object priority and total utilization cost associated with transmitting the data, the plurality of available communication links from a set of available communication links, wherein each of the plurality of communication links is associated with a particular utilization cost.

15 . The method of claim 13 , further comprising, responsive to receiving first data from the application:
generating, at the device, a plurality of data objects based on the first data, each of the plurality of data objects indicating the data object priority and the acceptable communication links, wherein the plurality of data objects includes the data object and the first data includes the data; and storing the plurality of data objects in the data storage.

16 . The method of claim 15 , further comprising, responsive to receiving the first data from the application, accessing configuration data to determine the application priority and the acceptable communication links.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising updating the configuration data responsive to receiving an update request via one of the plurality of communication links.

18 . A computer-readable storage device storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
retrieving, from a memory, communication link status of a plurality of communication links, the communication link status indicating a plurality of available communication links with available bandwidth; retrieving a data object from a data storage based on a data object priority of the data object and acceptable communication links of the data object including the plurality of available communication links, the data

Assignees

• Boeing Co

Inventors

• De Vivero Guillermo
• Yousif Aziz
• Kumar Anil
• Anstey Timothy William
• Ayyagari Arun

Classifications

• H04W72/56

  based on priority criteria · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04W4/42 Primary

  for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft · CPC title

• H04W24/02

  Arrangements for optimising operational condition · CPC title

• H04L41/0813

  characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings · CPC title