Patent ID: 8958284
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A communication device, comprising: a modem subsystem operative to send and receive data packets to and from at least one external device, and further operative to manage a first IP stack and to execute at least one software application program (app), the app being operative to exchange data with an external device via a port number; an Application Processing Engine (APE) operative to manage a second IP stack and to execute at least one app operative to exchange data with an external device via a port number; and a Port Reservation Agent (PRA) on the APE, the PRA operative to receive from the modem subsystem a request for a port number and if the port number is available, create a port reservation socket on the APE and connect the port reservation socket to the requested port number, and if the port is not available, return an error message to the modem subsystem.