CPC H04W 28/0273 (2013.01) [H04L 43/026 (2013.01); H04L 47/2433 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
1. A method for regulating at least one flow of data transmission performed by a network device in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving at least one flow index corresponding to a plurality of applications available at an electronic device in the wireless communication system, wherein the at least one flow index indicates a type of the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device, and/or a priority of the at least one flow of the data transmission;
determining whether at least one connection for the data transmission exists between the electronic device and an internet server based on the at least one flow index;
determining whether the electronic device has multipath capabilities in response to determining that the at least one connection for the data transmission exists between the electronic device and the internet server;
regulating the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device at least by transmitting the at least one flow of the data transmission to a plurality of data paths of the multipath capabilities of the electronic device based on the at least one flow index in response to determining that the electronic device has the multipath capabilities;
regulating the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device at least by transmitting the at least one flow of the data transmission to a single data path based on the at least one flow index in response to determining that the electronic device does not have multipath capabilities; and
discarding the at least one flow index received from the electronic device for regulation of the at least one flow of the data transmission between the electronic device and the network device in response to determining that the at least one connection for the data transmission does not exist between the electronic device and the internet server.
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