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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Huseyin Cahit Akin, San Diego, CA (US);
Mustafa Arisoylu, San Diego, CA (US);
Rene L. Cruz, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajesh Mishra, San Diego, CA (US);
Huseyin Cahit Akin, San Diego, CA (US);
Mustafa Arisoylu, San Diego, CA (US);
Rene L. Cruz, San Diego, CA (US);
Rajesh Mishra, San Diego, CA (US);
Mushroom Networks, Inc, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus for aggregating communication channels. In one exemplary embodiment an aggregation device is required only on one side of the set of communication channels being aggregated. Advantageously, no modifications to the source and/or destination of data transfers are required for operation of the invention. In one embodiment utilized for data transfers in the downstream direction, object download requests can be fulfilled by sending a sequence of partial download requests through the set of communication channels being aggregated, and forwarding the resulting partial data objects received to the original requester in the proper order. In another embodiment utilized for upstream data transfers, traffic is bifurcated to travel along a set of communication channels, and the bifurcated traffic is reassembled either at the network layer or the transport layer.