Patent ID: 8873580
Filing Date: 2014-10-28
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating from a first communication device to a second communication device, comprising the steps of: operating a first communication device having a plurality of physical layer interfaces, each of which is adapted for connection to a respective one of a plurality of communication networks, the first communication device having a virtual device implemented in kernel space, transporting legacy protocols into a layer 3.5 protocol, each of the interfaces including a network layer device, the virtual device being adapted to receive data packets from a transport layer of the first communication device, to modify the data packets in accordance with the layer 3.5 protocol in response to receipt thereof from the transport layer and transmit the data packets to at least one of the interfaces; and communicating with a second communication device connected to at least two of the plurality of communication networks simultaneously over the respective ones of the plurality of communication networks to which each of the first and second communication devices is connected.