METHOD FOR RETRIEVING CONTENT BY A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE HAVING FIRST AND SECOND RADIO ACCESS INTERFACES, WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

摘要

In a wireless communication device having a first and a second radio access interface for respectively communicating with a first and a second access network, a method for retrieving content comprises receiving a request for retrieval of content from a remote server and retrieving a first part of the requested content over a first radio access technology connection. When the retrieval of the first part is determined not to meet a required QoS threshold, the second radio access interface is activated. A next part of the requested content to be retrieved is divided into a first portion for retrieval over the first radio access technology connection and a second portion for retrieval over a second radio access technology connection such that retrieval of the first and second portions are estimated to meet the required QoS threshold, and are retrieved over the first and second radio access technology connections, respectively.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
determining, by one or more processors of a client device configured for wireless communication, whether retrieval of a first part of a set of content meets a selected threshold for the set of content; dividing, by the one or more processors, a next part of the set of content to be retrieved into at least a first portion for retrieval over a first radio access technology connection via a first radio access interface and a second portion for retrieval over a second radio access technology connection via a second radio access interface, the first and second portions being selected such that retrieval of the first and second portions is estimated to satisfy the selected threshold; and concurrently retrieving, by the one or more processors, the first portion of the next part of the set of content via the first radio access interface using the first radio access technology connection and the second portion of the next part of the requested content via the second radio access interface using the second radio access technology connection.