MOBILE COMMUNICATION TERMINAL HAVING MULTIPLE COMMUNICATION INTERFACES, AND COOPERATIVE DATA COMMUNICATION METHOD THEREOF

• Main Authors: LEE SEUNG-YUN, JEON JONG-HONG, IN MIN-KYO, LEE KANGAN, KIM SUNG-HAN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.06.2015
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS

Mobile devices, each having multiple communication interfaces, and a cooperative communication method thereof. Each of the mobile devices includes a mobile communication interface; a short range communication interface which is configured to communicate with different mobile devices over short range ad hoc network; an integrated network resource management module configured to control the mobile communication interface and the short range communication interface; and a data relay module configured to enable data transmission between the mobile communication interface, the short range communication interface, and the integrated network resource management module, wherein the integrated network resource management module is further configured to divide the data into first data fragment and second data fragment, control the mobile communication interface to receive the first data fragment over a cellular network, and control the short range interface to receive the second data fragment over the short range ad hoc network.