Patent ID: 8724544

Claim:
A method of transmitting a packet, at a base station (BS), in a network using a plurality of communication schemes, the method comprising: receiving, at the BS, a packet of a first communication scheme from a mobile station (MS), wherein the packet of the first communication scheme comprises a selected transmission path selected by the MS based on a required quality of service (QoS) for the packet of the first communication scheme and a Round Trip Time (RTT) of the selected transmission path measured by the MS, and the selected transmission path indicates a transmission path via a first network using the first communication scheme; encapsulating, by the BS, the packet of the first communication scheme; and changing, by the BS, the indicated transmission path via the first network into a transmission path via a second network using a second communication scheme based on a traffic state of the selected transmission path via the first network; transmitting, by the BS, the encapsulated packet to a destination using the changed transmission path via the second network, wherein the encapsulating is performed by inserting information including the destination and inserting information regarding the BS into the packet of the first communication scheme.