	US 12,003,407 B2
	Resource usage in a multipath network
Robert Skog, Hässelby (SE); and Jimmy Bjorklund, Järfälla (SE)
Assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Oct. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/976,957.
Application 17/976,957 is a continuation of application No. 16/301,006, granted, now 11,509,570, previously published as PCT/EP2016/060903, filed on May 13, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0052361 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 43/16 (2022.01); H04L 45/125 (2022.01); H04L 45/24 (2022.01); H04L 45/28 (2022.01); H04L 47/12 (2022.01); H04L 47/28 (2022.01); H04L 47/30 (2022.01); H04L 69/163 (2022.01)

CPC H04L 45/22 (2013.01) [H04L 43/16 (2013.01); H04L 45/125 (2013.01); H04L 45/24 (2013.01); H04L 45/28 (2013.01); H04L 47/12 (2013.01); H04L 47/28 (2013.01); H04L 47/30 (2013.01); H04L 69/163 (2013.01)]

27 Claims

1. A first network node arranged to communicate with a second network node, the first and second network nodes being connected by a first path and a second path, the first path using a first communications network and the second path using a second communications network, and whereby the first network node has a first mode and a second mode of operation, such that in a first mode traffic between the first and second network nodes is transmitted over the first path and not the second path, and in a second mode traffic between the first and second network nodes is transmitted over the first path and the second path, wherein the first network node comprises a mode selector arranged to select the second mode of operation when the demanded amount of traffic between the first and second network nodes exceeds a threshold value for a period of time, wherein the total bandwidth available on the first path is periodically measured and the threshold value recalculated by the first network node after a measurement is taken.