Patent ID: 9730106
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: H04W

Claim:
1. A method for load balancing between at least two subscriptions in a routing apparatus, the routing apparatus comprising a short range communication unit and a cellular communication unit, and wherein the method is performed in the routing apparatus and comprises: receiving a portion of network traffic attributable to one of the at least two subscriptions over a first dedicated connection associated with a first subscription, wherein each one of the at least two subscriptions is associated with a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) and a respective data usage quota, and wherein each subscription is associated with a dedicated connection; determining that the first subscription is associated with the portion of network traffic; updating the data usage quota of the determined subscription by an amount of data corresponding to the portion of network traffic; and deciding, based on the updated data usage quota of the determined subscription, whether to continue usage of the first dedicated connection associated with the first subscription for subsequent network traffic associated with the determined subscription or to enable a second dedicated connection associated with at least one other subscription different from the first subscription for subsequent network traffic associated with the determined subscription.