PROVIDING A LOGICAL AGGREGATED POINT-TO-POINT DATA LINK INCORPORATING A MULTI-POINT LINK
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    发明申请
    PROVIDING A LOGICAL AGGREGATED POINT-TO-POINT DATA LINK INCORPORATING A MULTI-POINT LINK 审中-公开
    提供多点链接的逻辑整合点到点数据链路

    公开(公告)号:WO2011046712A1

    公开(公告)日:2011-04-21

    申请号:PCT/US2010/049422

    申请日:2010-09-20

    CPC classification number: H04L45/00 H04L45/16 H04L45/245 H04L45/48 Y02D50/30

    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for aggregating parallel data links connecting two end-point devices into a logical link. If one of the parallel data links is a multi-point link, then an end-point device can still access that link to route traffic to an end station on the link (that is, to a device other than the other end-point device of the logical data link). In the terminology of this disclosure, the logical aggregated link is accessed through an "aggregated port" on an end-point device, while the constituent multi-point link is accessed directly through a "singleton port." By assigning a smaller cost to the aggregated port than to the singleton port, embodiments avoid creating routing loops. In some embodiments, the aggregation is performed at Layer 2 of the Open System Interconnection seven-layer protocol model. Then, the methods of the present invention work well with existing IEEE 802.1 bridging architectures and protocols.

    Abstract translation: 公开了一种用于将连接两个端点设备的并行数据链路聚合成逻辑链路的方法。 如果并行数据链路之一是多点链路,则端点设备仍然可以访问该链路以将流量路由到链路上的终端站(即,到另一端点设备之外的设备 的逻辑数据链接)。 在本公开的术语中,逻辑聚合链路通过端点设备上的“聚合端口”来访问,而组成的多点链路通过“单一端口”直接访问。 通过为聚合端口分配比单端口更小的成本,实施例避免创建路由环路。 在一些实施例中,聚合在开放系统互连七层协议模型的层2处执行。 然后,本发明的方法与现有的IEEE 802.1桥接架构和协议一起工作良好。

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