Patent ID: 9100987
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: establishing an ad-hoc network between a borrower and at least two lenders of bandwidth; and establishing one lender of the at least two lenders as a multiplexer to manage data flow over the ad-hoc network between the borrower and lenders of the at least two lenders of bandwidth, wherein the ad-hoc network is established such that the borrower communicates with the multiplexer via a first communication protocol, and the borrower communicates with another one of the at least two lenders via a second communication protocol that is different than the first communication protocol, the ad-hoc network is configured for the at least two lenders to lend bandwidth to the borrower for file transfer, and the multiplexer is configured to allocate file portions in the ad hoc network.