Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Synchronization of traffic multiplexing in link aggregation
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Application No.: US14985146Application Date: 2015-12-30
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Publication No.: US09686383B2Publication Date: 2017-06-20
- Inventor: Yuchen Zhou , Richard Stewart , Alex Tsai , Yibin Yang
- Applicant: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA San Jose
- Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA San Jose
- Agency: Hickman Palermo Becker Bingham LLP
- Agent Malgorzata A. Kulczycka
- Main IPC: G01R31/08
- IPC: G01R31/08 ; G06F11/00 ; G08C15/00 ; H04J1/16 ; H04J3/14 ; H04L1/00 ; H04L12/26 ; H04L29/06 ; H04L12/707 ; H04L12/709 ; H04L12/751

Abstract:
Synchronization of traffic multiplexing in link aggregation is described. In an embodiment, a first link aggregator and a second link aggregator are associated with a plurality of links. The first link aggregator maintains an identifier for each link indicating at least a state of enabled or disabled. A synchronized clock is established between the first link aggregator and the second link aggregator. A particular link of the plurality of links is transitioned. Wherein, the transitioning is performed by the first link aggregator sending, to the second link aggregator, a first message identifying a particular time to transition the particular link. The first link aggregator receives, from the second link aggregator, a second message indicating that the particular time is acceptable. In response to a determination that the second message indicates that the particular time is acceptable and that the synchronized clock has reached the particular time, transitioning the link.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160112549A1 SYNCHRONIZATION OF TRAFFIC MULTIPLEXING IN LINK AGGREGATION Public/Granted day:2016-04-21
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