Router Bandwidth Aggregation for Dynamic Multi-Point Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current router technologies face challenges in optimizing aggregate bandwidth from multiple broadband sources within a local computer network, particularly in dynamically managing and allocating bandwidth across various wired and wireless connections to ensure efficient data exchange.
Innovation Solution
A router with a bandwidth management module that dynamically aggregates and allocates bandwidth across multiple connections, including independent wireless connections, using load balancing and segregation techniques based on predetermined routing parameters to provide optimal access to a remote computer network.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a router aggregates multiple broadband sources to increase total bandwidth, then the aggregate bandwidth available to local computers is improved, but the complexity of managing and allocating bandwidth across multiple connections increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple independent broadband connections (wired and wireless) into a unified aggregate bandwidth resource that appears as a single connection to local computers. The router merges these diverse connection types under one management interface, allowing computers to access the remote network through any available connection without needing to know about the underlying complexity of multiple sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The router acts as an intermediary between local computers and the remote computer network, managing the complexity of multiple broadband sources. It introduces a bandwidth management module that handles connection tracking, bandwidth allocation, and route selection, shielding local computers from the complexity while maximizing aggregate bandwidth utilization.
2Productivity
If the router dynamically allocates bandwidth across multiple connections, then the efficiency of data exchange is improved, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring bandwidth status across independent connections increases
Solution Approach 1:
The bandwidth management module continuously monitors the status of each broadband connection and uses this feedback to dynamically adjust bandwidth allocation. It tracks connection availability, bandwidth utilization, and performance metrics, then reallocates resources in response to changing conditions to maintain optimal data exchange efficiency across the aggregate connection.
3Adaptability or versatility
If wireless connections independent of the router are used to access the remote network, then the adaptability of the network is improved, but the loss of information about routing paths increases
Solution Approach 1:
The router's bandwidth management module is designed to handle multiple types of connections (wired and wireless) through a universal interface. It can manage both router-managed connections and independent wireless connections from local computers, maintaining a unified view of all connections and their associated routing information regardless of connection type or management method.
Data Source
AI summary
A router is operatively coupled to a plurality of local computers and has one or more connections to a remote computer network for managing one or more data routes between the local computers and the remote computer network. In providing dynamic access to the remote computer network by any of the local computers, one or more of the connection(s) of the router to the remote computer network includes one or more wireless connections independent of the router between the local computers and the remote computer network.