Patent ID: 8768357
Filing Date: 2014-07-01
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of communications, comprising: providing assessment of a set of communication conditions; allocating a forward communication link to a first communication entity based on said assessment; allocating a reverse communication link to a second communication entity based on said assessment; maintaining a route with one of the first and second communication entities upon initiation of a handoff from the one of the first and second communication entities to a third communication entity, wherein the route is a route through which Internet protocol (IP) packets are tunneled from the one of the first and second communication entities via the third communication entity; providing another route for communications with the other of the first and second communication entities; initiating the handoff from the one of the first and second communication entities to the third communication entity while maintaining communication with the other of the first and second communication entities; processing a first partial IP data packet of a full IP data packet from the one of the first and second communication entities via the third communication entity using the route; and processing a second partial IP data packet of the full IP data packet from the other of the first and second communication entities using the another route.