INTELLIGENT CONNECTION MANAGEMENT IN WIRELESS DEVICES
Techniques associated with intelligent connection management in a wireless device are described, including receiving, at an output device, initiation data from a mobile device, the initiation data configured to initiate an operation associated with remote data, the mobile device configured to access a data plane packet and a control plane packet associated with the remote data using a cellular network, detecting a connection path available to the output device using an intelligent connection device coupled to the output device, determining, using connection profile data, whether the connection path is operable to access the data plane packet from a remote source, determining, using the connection profile data, whether the connection path is operable to access the control plane packet from the remote source, and accessing, using the output device, at least one of the data plane packet and the control plane packet.
1 . A method, comprising:
receiving, at an output device, initiation data from a mobile device, the initiation data configured to initiate an operation associated with remote data, the mobile device configured to access a data plane packet and a control plane packet associated with the remote data using a cellular network;
detecting a connection path available to the output device using an intelligent connection device coupled to the output device;
determining, using connection profile data, whether the connection path is operable to access the data plane packet from a remote source;
determining, using the connection profile data, whether the connection path is operable to access the control plane packet from the remote source; and
accessing, using the output device, at least one of the data plane packet and the control plane packet.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing the at least one of the data plane packet and the control plane packet comprises accessing the data plane packet after determining the connection path is operable to access the data plane function from the remote source.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing the at least one of the data plane packet and the control plane packet comprises accessing the control plane packet after determining the connection path is operable to access the control plane packet from the remote source.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote data comprises Internet data, and the remote source comprises a remote server.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection profile data comprises data associated with one or more connection preferences.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection profile data comprises sensor data associated with a user behavior.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection profile data comprises sensor data associated with an environment.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the connection profile data comprises data associated with a characteristic of the connection path.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote data comprises audio data.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the remote data comprises video data.
11 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the connection path comprises detecting a wireless local area network available to the output device and configured to support the data plane function.
12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein detecting the connection path comprises detecting a short range local network available to the output device.
13 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising routing, using the output device, the data plane packet.
14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating and storing, using the output device, routing data in a table.
15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising forwarding, using the output device, the data plane packet.
16 . A system, comprising:
a storage configured to store connection profile data; and
a processor configured to receive initiation data from a mobile device, the initiation data configured to initiate an operation associated with remote data, detect an available connection path using an intelligent connection device, determining, using the connection profile data, whether the available connection path is operable to access a data plane packet associated with the remote data from a remote source, determining, using the connection profile data, whether the available connection path is operable to access a control plane packet associated with the remote data from the remote source, and accessing at least one of the data plane packet and the control plane packet from the remote source.
17 . The system of claim 16 , further comprising a connection learning module configured to generate the connection profile data.
18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the connection learning module comprises a connection profile manager configured to access the connection profile data and provide the connection profile data to the intelligent connection device.
19 . A computer program product embodied in a computer readable medium and comprising computer instructions for:
receiving, at an output device, initiation data from a mobile device, the initiation data configured to initiate an operation associated with remote data, the mobile device configured to access a data plane packet and a control plane packet associated with the remote data using a cellular network;
detecting a connection path available to the output device using an intelligent connection device coupled to the output device;
determining, using connection profile data, whether the connection path is operable to access the data plane packet from a remote source;
determining, using the connection profile data, whether the connection path is operable to access the control plane packet from the remote source; and
accessing, using the output device, at least one of the data plane packet and the control plane packet.