Patent ID: 7733772

Claim:
A station comprising: a wired network adapter to interface the station indirectly to at least a second station via a first link, wherein the first link is a mixed link that includes at least one wired link and at least one wireless link; a wireless network adapter to interface the station indirectly to the second station via a second link, wherein the second link includes a plurality of wireless links, wherein the wireless network adapter interfaces the station directly to the second station via a third link; and a link selection component that: estimates the respective capacities of the first, second, and third links; dynamically selects one of the links for transmission of a bitstream based on the estimation of the capacities of the first, second, and third links; monitors the respective capacity of the first, second, and third link after selecting the one link for transmission of the bitstream as the bitstream is transmitted; and should the respective capacity of one of the links not dynamically selected exceed the capacity of the selected link, selects a different link of the first, second and third links to transmit the remainder of the bitstream.