Patent ID: 7471626

Claim:
A method, comprising: assembling data units of at least one incoming data stream into an output data stream, wherein the data units are destined for at least one destination node, and the output stream comprises a service level requirement for each of the at least one destination node; selecting, in response to the assembling, a first set of physical radio transmission resources for the output data stream, wherein the first set of physical radio transmission resources is selected from physical radio transmission resources of one of a plurality of wireless connectivity technologies and belongs to physical radio transmission resources available in a wireless communication device, wherein the wireless communication device is provided with the plurality of wireless connectivity technologies; searching for a path that leads from the wireless communication device to one of the at least one destination node and fulfills the service level requirement corresponding to that destination node when one leg of the path is implemented by the first set of physical radio transmission resources, wherein the searching is performed with respect to each of the at least one destination node; scheduling a transmission of the output data stream when the path is found for each of the at least one destination node, wherein the scheduling presumes that the transmission is to occur through the first set of physical radio transmission resources; and controlling the plurality of connectivity technologies of the wireless communication device so that a connectivity technology corresponding to the first set of physical radio transmission resources is in an active state when the transmission is scheduled to occur and the wireless communication device is with respect to its other wireless connectivity technologies in a state where the service level requirement of each destination node is maintained during the transmission.