Patent ID: 8913610

Claim:
A network aggregation apparatus comprising: at least one network aggregation device configured for: configuring a plurality of diverse network connections as at least one aggregated group, each aggregated group creating an aggregated network connection that is a logical connection of the aggregated diverse connections; configuring at least one of the at least one aggregated groups such that the grouped diverse connections in each respective configured group operated within tolerance values based on at least one network aggregation policy such that the respective logical connection has a total communication traffic throughput that is a sum of available communication traffic throughputs of the aggregated group of diverse network connections and routing and managing bi-directional transmissions over the aggregated network connection; wherein the plurality of diverse network connections include at least one of dissimilar network connections, and network connections provided by a plurality of diverse network carriers; at least two of the diverse network connections having dissimilar network characteristics, the dissimilar network characteristics including bidirectional transfer rates and latencies; wherein the logical connection is utilizable for a transfer of communication traffic bidirectionally on any of the diverse network connections without any configuration for the dissimilar network connections or by the diverse network carriers.