Patent ID: 9538513
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A virtual broadband transmitting unit comprising: a stream generator to generate a multiplicity of data streams from a media data stream; and a transmission manager to control the uplink transmission of said multiplicity of data streams along a multiplicity of transmission channels to at least one wireless communication network, wherein said virtual broadband transmitting unit operates several transmitting modems to transmit media data through one or more cellular networks; wherein the virtual broadband transmitting unit uses multiple transmitting modems in concert to create a virtual broadband upload connection, in which the sum total of the upload capacity of said multiple transmitting modems represent enough combined bandwidth for a generally live media transmission; wherein the virtual broadband transmitting unit is associated with one or more modem drivers to manage one or more of the transmitting modems used to transmit packets; wherein the packets are inequitably distributed amongst the transmitting modems by using at least one buffer; wherein each transmitting modem is able to perform at different levels over time; wherein each one of said transmitting modems is associated with a modem manager; wherein each one of said associated modem managers comprises means to pull a next available data packet for transmission; wherein each one of said modem managers is to feed its associated modem driver per a rate optimal under current prevailing conditions; wherein each transmitting modem generates a separate logical channel, and wherein the separate logical channels constitute a virtual broadband connection; wherein the virtual broadband connection is comprised of a multiplicity of logical channels being transmitted to one or more network operators, each of which operator operating one or more networks; wherein the logical channels are transported to a virtual broadband receiver via one or more routes; wherein each transmitting modem is capable of having different performance characteristics, and wherein the actual performance of each transmitting modem is impacted by one or more factors selected from the group consisting of: modem speed, modem reliability, connection quality, operating license limitations, and network congestion.