Patent ID: 8139491
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A node to utilize a plurality of paths including at least each of a first path and a second path, the node comprising: a selector to obtain prediction times of arrival of a plurality of packets queued to a reception queue at another node based upon estimation values of a delay and a velocity of each path, said first path having a first velocity, said second path having a second velocity less than the first velocity, a transmitter to transmit only the selected packet on said decided transmission path, such that after a first packet of said plurality of packets has already been transmitted via said second path having the second velocity less than the first velocity, a second packet that is to arrive prior to the first packet is then transmitted via said first path having the first velocity greater than the second velocity, such that said second path having the second velocity is a default path, and said first path having the first velocity greater than the second velocity is selected just for the packets that are to arrive prior to other packets that have already been transmitted via said second path.