Patent ID: 8761000

Claim:
An evolution-data optimized (EVDO) wireless router comprising: a plurality of wireless network carrier cards, each of the network carrier cards adapted for use with one of a like plurality of different carrier networks; a carrier connection processor to determine which of the plurality of network carrier cards provides a suitable connection to a carrier network; a carrier selection processor to select one or more suitable connections to one or more of the carrier networks in response to information from said carrier sense processor; and a carrier connection processor to connect the EVDO router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of network carrier cards, wherein said carrier connection processor connects the EVDO router to the carrier network through a particular one of the plurality of network carrier cards and comprises communication paths for simultaneously connecting the EVDO router connections to a plurality of different wireless wide area network (WWAN) backbones; a load balancing processor for load balancing between a plurality of different backbone networks and wherein the load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput; a failover system for detecting a network failure and in response to detection of a network failure for causing the router to operate in a failover mode such that the router routes all data, communications and other information only over an operating network; and a load balancing processor for load balancing between the plurality of different WWAN backbones, wherein said load balancing processor directs traffic among multiple networks to provide a desired throughput.