Patent ID: 9088917
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: transmitting, by a computing device, a first media stream associated with a media session, wherein transmitting the first media stream comprises (i) using a first Internet Protocol address and port (IP:port) number as a source IP address and source port of the first media stream, and (ii) using a second IP:port number as a destination IP address and destination port of the first media stream; receiving a second media stream from the second IP:port number; acquiring a third IP:port number; determining a network quality associated with the first IP:port number and a network quality associated with the third IP:port number; making a determination, based at least in part on at least one of the network quality associated with the first IP:port number and the network quality associated with the third IP:port number, to handover the media session from the first IP:port number to the third IP:port number; in response to making the determination, transmitting, by the computing device, a third media stream, wherein transmitting the third media stream comprises (i) using the third IP:port number as a source IP address and source port of the third media stream, and (ii) using the second IP:port number as a destination IP address and destination port of the third media stream; and receiving a fourth media stream from the second IP:port number.