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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2011
Sateesh K. Addepalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Lillian Lei Dai, Rockville, MD (US);
Xiaoqing Zhu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rong Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Preethi Natarajan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Sateesh K. Addepalli, San Jose, CA (US);
Lillian Lei Dai, Rockville, MD (US);
Xiaoqing Zhu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rong Pan, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Preethi Natarajan, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
A method in one embodiment includes detecting a trigger on an electronic device and identifying an interface usage policy for an agent and a corresponding application on the electronic device. The method also includes selecting a first wireless interface of a plurality of wireless interfaces on the electronic device for a network session between an application process of the application and a remote node, with the first wireless interface being selected based on one or more criteria in the interface usage policy. In specific embodiments the electronic device is an on-board unit of a vehicle. In more specific embodiments a second wireless interface is selected based on the interface usage policy, the first and second wireless interfaces are different physical interfaces on the electronic device. In other specific embodiments, the first and second wireless interfaces are virtual interfaces of a single physical interface on the electronic device.