Hybrid Network Stream Aggregation via Dynamic Load Balancing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Hybrid networking systems face challenges in efficiently managing multiple transmission media, including path selection, load balancing, stream aggregation, packet loss minimization, and duplicate packet detection across diverse networking technologies with dynamic characteristics.
Innovation Solution
Implementing advanced control algorithms and mechanisms within hybrid networking devices to intelligently select paths, balance loads, split and aggregate streams, reorder packets, and detect duplicates across multiple transmission media, using techniques such as path characterization, stream prioritization, and buffer management to ensure seamless communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple transmission media are used to communicate between electronic devices, then network robustness and capacity are improved, but device complexity and control difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary control mechanism that manages multiple transmission media through centralized path selection algorithms. This intermediary layer coordinates communication across different media types (wireless, wired, powerline) without requiring complex distributed control at each device, thereby improving network robustness while managing control complexity through a dedicated management layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The hybrid networking device is designed with multi-functionality to handle multiple transmission media types simultaneously. The device can adaptively select and switch between different communication interfaces (Wi-Fi, Ethernet, powerline) based on network conditions, providing universal communication capability that improves reliability without requiring separate specialized devices for each media type.
2Productivity
If transmission medium characteristics are monitored regularly to enable intelligent path selection, then communication efficiency is improved, but system overhead and resource consumption increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements periodic monitoring of transmission medium characteristics rather than continuous monitoring. Path selection decisions are made at specific intervals based on sampled network conditions, which reduces energy consumption while still maintaining effective communication efficiency through regular updates to path selection algorithms.
Solution Approach 2:
The hybrid networking device performs self-service by automatically monitoring its own transmission medium characteristics and making autonomous path selection decisions without requiring external control. This self-service capability reduces overall system overhead and energy consumption by eliminating the need for centralized monitoring infrastructure.
3Power
If streams are transmitted using multiple transmission media simultaneously, then bandwidth capacity is improved, but packet ordering and aggregation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments streams into multiple parallel sub-streams that can be transmitted simultaneously over different transmission media. Each sub-stream is independently managed and tracked, allowing the system to utilize the bandwidth capacity of multiple media while reducing aggregation complexity through structured segmentation and separate handling of each segment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system adds a new dimension to stream transmission by utilizing multiple transmission media simultaneously rather than sequentially. This dimensional expansion allows parallel transmission paths that increase bandwidth capacity while the patent manages the resulting complexity through structured packet tagging and correlation mechanisms that track packets across different media dimensions.
4Productivity
If path selection is performed dynamically based on medium characteristics, then load balancing is improved, but processing overhead and decision-making time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-evaluating and caching path characteristics before actual data transmission. Medium characteristics are monitored and stored in advance, allowing path selection decisions to be made quickly by comparing pre-analyzed path qualities rather than performing full analysis at the moment of decision, thus improving load balancing efficiency while reducing decision-making time.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements partial monitoring of medium characteristics by focusing only on the most critical parameters needed for path selection rather than comprehensively analyzing all possible medium attributes. This partial action approach provides sufficient information for effective load balancing while reducing processing overhead and decision time by eliminating analysis of less relevant parameters.
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AI summary
System and method for load-balancing a plurality of transmission media. A first plurality of packets of a first stream may be transmitted to a second device on a first transmission medium. It may be determined that current medium utilization of the first transmission medium exceeds a first threshold. The first stream may be selected for transmission on both of the first transmission medium and a second transmission medium based on said determining that current medium utilization of the first transmission medium exceeds the first threshold. A second plurality of packets of the first stream may then be transmitted to the second device using both the first transmission medium and the second transmission medium. A first portion of the second plurality of packets may be transmitted on the first transmission medium and a second portion of the second plurality of packets may be transmitted on the second transmission medium.