Patent ID: 11895531
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A network device for regulating at least one flow of data transmission in a wireless communication system, the network device comprising:
a memory; and
a processor, coupled to the memory, the processor configured to:
receive at least one flow index corresponding to a plurality of applications available at an electronic device in the wireless communication system, wherein the at least one flow index indicates a type of the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device, and a priority of the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device;
determine whether at least one connection for the data transmission exists between the electronic device and an internet server based on the at least one flow index;
determine whether the electronic device has multipath capabilities in response to determining that the at least one connection for the data transmission exists between the electronic device and the internet server;
regulate the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device at least by transmitting the at least one flow of the data transmission to a plurality of data paths of the multipath capabilities of the electronic device based on the at least one flow index in response to determining that the electronic device has the multipath capabilities;
regulate the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device at least by transmitting the at least one flow of the data transmission to a single data path based on the at least one flow index in response to determining that the electronic device does not has the multipath capabilities; and
discarding the at least one flow index received from the electronic device for regulation of the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device in response to determining that the at least one connection for the data transmission does not exist between the electronic device and the internet server.