Patent ID: 8239563
Filing Date: 2012-08-07
Classification: H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A network comprising: a server; and a handheld device, wherein the handheld device is communicatively coupled to the server via i) a first wireless communication link and ii) a second wireless communications link, wherein each of the server and the handheld device includes i) a first protocol stack associated with the first wireless communication link, and ii) a second protocol stack associated with the second wireless communication link, and wherein each of the first protocol stack and the second protocol stack, at the server and the handheld device, includes wherein the handheld device is configured to download data from the server concurrently over both of the first wireless communication link and the second wireless communication link, wherein the data being downloaded from the server is respectively partitioned into the first wireless communication link and the second wireless communication link wherein the data partitioned during the first partitioning and the second partitioning are respectively communicated to the transport layer of the first protocol stack and the transport layer of the second protocol stack of the server, and wherein the partitioned data is concurrently transmitted, from the server to the handheld device, over the first wireless communication link and the second wireless communication link.