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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2018

Filed:

Mar. 27, 2015
Applicant:

Intel Ip Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Inventors:

Jerome Parron, Fuerth, DE;

Martin Kolde, Munich, DE;

Assignee:

Intel IP Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/709 (2013.01); H04L 29/12 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/245 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04L 61/2007 (2013.01); H04L 61/303 (2013.01); H04L 61/3075 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments pertain to methods and devices for multi-device link aggregation. Embodiments may implement shared packet data network (PDN) connections to enable an application on a host UE to both create a first connection to a PDN gateway and to create a second connection to the PDN via a second UE. In one example embodiment, a UE includes flow routing circuitry configured to communicate data traffic via multiple different communication paths as part of the shared PDN connection to a PDN gateway. A cellular modem of the UE is configured to communicate a first portion of the data traffic with the PDN gateway as part of the shared PDN connection. Connectivity circuitry of the UE separate from the cellular modem is configured to communicate a second portion of the data traffic with the PDN gateway via a second UE, wherein the second portion of the data traffic is different than the first portion of the data traffic.


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