Embodiments of this application disclose a second multi-link device that receives a first message from a first multi-link device, and determines, based on the first message, to send data to the first multi-link device in a duplication transmission mode or a non-duplication transmission mode. The first message indicates transmission modes for the second multi-link device to send different types of data, and the transmission modes include the duplication transmission mode and the non-duplication transmission mode.

Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using network monitoring computers (NMCs). Two or more network segments coupled by a traffic forwarding device (TFD) may be monitored. External network addresses and internal network addresses may be determined based on encrypted network traffic exchanged between external endpoints and the TFD and internal network traffic exchanged between internal endpoints and the TFD. Metrics associated with the external network addresses or the internal network addresses may be determined based on the monitoring. Correlation scores may be provided for the external network addresses and the internal network addresses based on of a correlation model, the metrics, or the other metrics. If a correlation score associated with an external network address and an internal network address exceeds a threshold value, the external network address and the internal network address may be associated with each other based on the correlation score.

Embodiments are directed to monitoring network traffic using network monitoring computers (NMCs). Two or more network segments coupled by a traffic forwarding device (TFD) may be monitored. External network addresses and internal network addresses may be determined based on encrypted network traffic exchanged between external endpoints and the TFD and internal network traffic exchanged between internal endpoints and the TFD. Metrics associated with the external network addresses or the internal network addresses may be determined based on the monitoring. Correlation scores may be provided for the external network addresses and the internal network addresses based on of a correlation model, the metrics, or the other metrics. If a correlation score associated with an external network address and an internal network address exceeds a threshold value, the external network address and the internal network address may be associated with each other based on the correlation score.

Examples disclosed herein relate to a method comprising detecting a plurality of port sets between a first networking device with a first plurality of ports and a second networking device with a second plurality of ports, wherein each port set includes a first and second port of the first device having a same available interface rate. The method may comprise determining an interface rate and an operational state for each port set that is available to form a Link Aggregation Group and determining each grouping of port sets between the first and second device, wherein each grouping has at least one port set and each port set in the grouping has a same interface rate. The method may comprise calculating the interface rate for each grouping, determining a group with a highest interface rate from among the groupings and programing ports of the group into the LAG distribution.

Examples disclosed herein relate to a method comprising detecting a plurality of port sets between a first networking device with a first plurality of ports and a second networking device with a second plurality of ports, wherein each port set includes a first and second port of the first device having a same available interface rate. The method may comprise determining an interface rate and an operational state for each port set that is available to form a Link Aggregation Group and determining each grouping of port sets between the first and second device, wherein each grouping has at least one port set and each port set in the grouping has a same interface rate. The method may comprise calculating the interface rate for each grouping, determining a group with a highest interface rate from among the groupings and programing ports of the group into the LAG distribution.

A computer implemented system is provided for improving performance of transmission in real-time or near real-time applications from at least one transmitter unit to at least one receiver unit. The system includes an intelligent data connection manager utility that generates or accesses performance data for two or more data connections associated with the two or more communication networks.

A computer implemented system is provided for improving performance of transmission in real-time or near real-time applications from at least one transmitter unit to at least one receiver unit. The system includes an intelligent data connection manager utility that generates or accesses performance data for two or more data connections associated with the two or more communication networks.

An improved data packet communications approach is described that is adapted for communications across unreliable connections. In particular, the approach can be implemented as systems and methods for a networked router device configured to monitor communication characteristics and to group the connections into various tiers based on their communication reliability data. When a new packet is to be communicated, the grouped connections are utilized in aggregate to meet a target transmission reliability probability (e.g., target value or a band of values).

This application provides a data processing method. One example method includes: A switching node, that is, a first top node, that is in a first group and that is configured to communicate with a second top node in a second group receives first data sent by a child node; then the first top node receives second data sent by the second top node; and then the first top node aggregates the first data and the second data, to obtain third data.

A wireless communications system includes a first wireless-communications-apparatus that controls a second wireless-communication by a controller for a first wireless-communication; a second wireless-communications-apparatus capable of the second wireless-communication; and a third wireless-communications-apparatus capable of data transmission with the first wireless-communications-apparatus via the first or second wireless-communication, and that transmits to the first wireless-communications-apparatus, a control message including an address thereof for the second wireless-communication. When data is transmitted from the first wireless-communications-apparatus to the third wireless-communications-apparatus through the second wireless-communications-apparatus via the second wireless-communication, a processor in the first wireless-communications-apparatus for the first wireless-communication transfers the data to the second wireless-communications-apparatus through an adaptation sublayer and notifies the second wireless-communications-apparatus of the address acquired from the control message. The data is already processed in a convergence layer for performing the first wireless-communication. The second wireless-communications-apparatus transmits the data to the third wireless-communications-apparatus via the second wireless-communication, using the notified address.