System and method for maintaining a communication session

摘要

Systems and methods for maintaining a communication session. A home gateway communicates with a foreign access point (AP) located in a foreign gateway via a first tunnel operating over a network between the home gateway and the foreign gateway. The foreign gateway communicates with a hybrid device via the foreign wireless AP. A second tunnel is established from the hybrid device to the home gateway over the network via a cellular data network. An Ethernet bond is formed between the first tunnel and the second tunnel. A virtual IP address is assigned by the home gateway to the hybrid device and assigned by the hybrid device to a wireless transceiver and to a cellular transceiver. Packets are sent to the home gateway via at least one of the first and second tunnels.

主权项

1. A system for maintaining a communication session comprising:
a home gateway connected to a network; a foreign gateway connected to the network comprising a foreign wireless access point (AP), wherein the home gateway communicates with the foreign gateway via a first tunnel operating over the network between the home gateway and the foreign gateway and wherein the foreign gateway communicates with a hybrid device via the foreign wireless AP; a cellular data network, wherein the network is accessible to the cellular data network; and the hybrid device comprising:
a wireless transceiver;a virtual IP address assigned by the home gateway to the hybrid device and assigned by the hybrid device to the wireless transceiver; anda cellular transceiver, wherein the hybrid device is configured to perform operations comprising:
establishing using the cellular transceiver a second tunnel from the hybrid device to the home gateway over the network via the cellular data network while maintaining a communication session between the hybrid device and the home gateway via the first tunnel;forming an Ethernet bond between the first tunnel and the second tunnel;assigning the virtual IP address to the cellular transceiver; andsending packets to the home gateway via at least one of the first and second tunnels.