Data transmitting method using WLAN

1. A method of receiving data in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

sensing a current location for each of a plurality of specific periods;

determining whether the sensed location is included in a specific upper usage-frequency location range for a specific UE;

sensing whether the specific UE is being charged;

transmitting context information through a communication network, the context information related to whether the sensed location is included in the specific upper usage-frequency location range for the specific UE and whether the specific UE is being charged;

accessing an accessible wireless local area network (WLAN) upon receiving a WLAN access instruction from the communication network, the WLAN access instruction received when the context information indicates that the sensed location is included in the specific upper usage-frequency location range and that the specific UE is being charged;

transmitting an Internet protocol (IP) address for the accessed WLAN through the communication network;

receiving data in parallel from the communication network and the WLAN; and

adjusting the received data based on information included in an IP header and transmission control protocol (TCP) header of the received data,

wherein the specific upper usage-frequency location range includes information related to locations each having a rank higher than a specific threshold among pre-stored locations of the specific UE,

wherein the pre-stored locations are sensed by the specific UE during a specific time period,

wherein a rank of each of the pre-stored locations is derived based on a frequency of occurrence of the location,

wherein the frequency of occurrence of each of the pre-stored locations is sensed during the specific time period, and

wherein the frequency of occurrence of each of the pre-stored locations corresponds to a number of times the location is sensed by the specific UE during the specific time period.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein adjusting the received data comprises:

recognizing, in a network layer, that the received data is transmitted from a same host according to whether a source IP address and identification included in the IP header have a same value and re-assembling the data;

recognizing, in a transport layer, that the received data is transmitted from the same host according to whether the source IP address and a source port and destination port included in the TCP header have a same value; and

sorting and reading data based on a sequence number included in the TCP header.

3. A method of transmitting data in a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

establishing a first transmission control protocol (TCP) connection between a specific user UE and a mobile communication network;

receiving context information of the specific UE through the mobile communication network, the context information related to whether a location of the specific UE is included in a specific upper usage-frequency location range and whether the specific UE is being charged;

determining whether the specific UE can access an accessible wireless local area network (WLAN) based on the received context information;

instructing the specific UE to access the WLAN when the context information indicates that the location is included in the specific upper usage-frequency location range and that the specific UE is being charged;

establishing a second TCP connection between the specific UE and the WLAN;

receiving data from a host; and

transmitting the received data to the specific UE in parallel through the first TCP connection and the second TCP connection,

wherein the specific upper usage-frequency location range includes information related to locations each having a rank higher than a specific threshold among pre-stored locations of the specific UE,

wherein the pre-stored locations are sensed by the specific UE during a specific time period,

wherein a rank of each of the pre-stored locations is derived based on a frequency of occurrence of the location,

wherein the frequency of occurrence of each of the pre-stored locations is sensed during the specific time period, and

wherein the frequency of occurrence of each of the pre-stored locations corresponds to a number of times the location is sensed by the specific UE during the specific time period.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein transmitting the received data comprises adjusting a TCP congestion window by using a round trip time (RTT) of data transmitted through the mobile communication network and an RTT of data transmitted through the WLAN.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

increasing a size of an RTT-based window when an RTT of data transmitted through the WLAN is less than both a predetermined threshold and the RTT of data transmitted through the mobile communication network; and

increasing an amount of data transmitted to the UE through the WLAN and increasing a size of the TCP congestion window when a confirmation signal is received from the UE in response to the data transmitted through the WLAN.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

decreasing a size of the TCP congestion window when the RTT of data transmitted through the WLAN is greater than a predetermined threshold or greater than the RTT of data transmitted through the mobile communication network; and decreasing an amount of data transmitted to the UE through the WLAN and decreasing a size of the TCP congestion window when a confirmation signal is received from the UE in response to the data transmitted through the WLAN.

7. The method of claim 3 , further comprising decreasing an amount of data transmitted to the UE through the WLAN when a confirmation signal is not received from the UE in response to the data transmitted through the WLAN.