US 11,876,711 B2
Packet transmission system and method
David Sze, Waterloo (CA); Bogdan Frusina, Kitchener (CA); Jonathon Oberholzer, Waterloo (CA); Bernard Wong, Waterloo (CA); Sharon Hui Lun Choy, Kanata (CA); and Todd Schneider, Waterloo (CA)
Assigned to DEJERO LABS INC., Waterloo (CA)
Filed by DEJERO LABS INC., Waterloo (CA)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/903,024.
Application 17/903,024 is a continuation of application No. 16/482,972, granted, now 11,438,265, previously published as PCT/CA2017/051584, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/558,610, filed on Sep. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/437,635, filed on Dec. 21, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417151 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 45/74 (2022.01); H04L 12/66 (2006.01); H04L 41/0896 (2022.01); H04L 43/0852 (2022.01); H04L 43/0882 (2022.01); H04L 43/106 (2022.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/302 (2022.01); H04L 47/125 (2022.01); H04L 47/2483 (2022.01); H04L 47/34 (2022.01); H04L 49/90 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 45/74 (2013.01) [H04L 12/66 (2013.01); H04L 41/0896 (2013.01); H04L 43/0852 (2013.01); H04L 43/0882 (2013.01); H04L 43/106 (2013.01); H04L 45/22 (2013.01); H04L 45/302 (2013.01); H04L 47/125 (2013.01); H04L 47/2483 (2013.01); H04L 47/34 (2013.01); H04L 49/90 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A network gateway for routing data flows across a plurality of network connections, the network gateway comprising:
a plurality of network interfaces for transmitting data over the plurality of network connections; and
at least one processor configured for:
monitoring time-variant network transmission characteristics of the plurality of network connections;
generate a bandwidth estimate of a first network connection of the plurality of network connections based on timestamps when test packets are received at a receiving node and a size of the test packets, the test packets sent alongside data packets or as payloads embedded within the data packets;
parsing at least one packet of a data flow of packets to identify a data flow class for the data flow, wherein the data flow class is associated with at least one network interface requirement for the data flow; and
routing packets in the data flow across the plurality of network connections based on the data flow class, and the bandwidth estimate of the first network connection.