US 12,316,602 B2
Traffic management in data networks
Stepan Kucera, Dublin (IE); and Y. M. Khaled, Dublin (IE)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/651,086
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Sep. 29, 2017, PCT No. PCT/FI2017/050688
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 26, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/063869, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0228492 A1, Jul. 16, 2020
Int. Cl. H04L 61/5014 (2022.01); H04L 9/30 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 101/677 (2022.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 61/5014 (2022.05) [H04L 9/30 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 63/062 (2013.01); H04W 40/00 (2013.01); H04L 2101/677 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
allocating a first IP address to a first interface of a client device for data communications using a first sub-flow over a first path;
allocating a second IP address to a second interface of the client device for data communications using a second sub-flow over a second, different path, the second IP address being associated with the first IP address and allocated from a pool of IP addresses specific to the client device; and
sending information relating to the allocated first and second IP addresses for the client device to an aggregating device for aggregating the first and second sub-flows, when received from the client device, for providing aggregated data to a destination device.