Communication link allocation based on dynamic trend analysis

摘要

A method and/or apparatus is provided for performing traffic allocation based on dynamic trend analysis of communication links between two devices. Devices monitor the performance of their available communication links to determine which communication link is best to receive transmissions on. A device selects the best communication link on which to receive from another device and informs that other device to use that communication link when transmitting to it. Link information is obtained from both the transmitting device and receiving device to perform traffic allocation for communications between the two devices. This method may be performed by a low-level communication module transparent to applications and/or network transmission protocols.

主权项

1. A method operational on a first device, comprising:
receiving heartbeat signals over a plurality of communication links from a second device, wherein each of the plurality of communication links spans different networks; wherein the plurality of communication links comprises two or more different communication links selected from a set comprising: at least one satellite communication link, at least one cellular communication link, and at least one private communication network; obtaining one or more communication link characteristics for the plurality of communication links from the received heartbeat signals; removing one or more communication links from the plurality of communication links based on one or more communication link characteristics; selecting a first communication link from the plurality of communication links, the selecting based on the one or more communication link characteristics of the plurality of communication links; wherein the first device is in communication with a third device via a second communication link; wherein the second communication link is a particular communication link from the plurality of communication links after that particular communication link has been dropped as a communication link between the first device and the second device; informing the second device to use the first communication link to send data; and receiving data from the second device over the first communication link.