Patent ID: 9203498
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: H04B,H04L,H04N,H04W

Abstract:
1. A virtual broadband transmitting unit comprising: a stream generator to generate a multiplicity of data streams from an incoming 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 the virtual broadband transmitting unit is for remote transport of live media data; wherein the at least one wireless communication network comprises one or more cellular networks; 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 packets are inequitably distributed amongst the transmitting modems by using an output buffer, a buffer controller, and a pull mechanism; wherein each transmitting modem is able to perform at different levels over the course of a short period of 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 virtual broadband transmitting unit is associated with a traffic analyzer which uses packet statistics to optimize the quality and flow of a multiplicity of connections; wherein the logical channels are transported to a virtual broadband receiver via one or more routes;