Patent · US Expired

Switch failover for aggregated data communication links

US7529180B1 · kind B1 · utility

38Cited by

7References

24Claims

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Assignee

Marvell International Ltd. · BM

Inventors

Michael Karl · Karlsruhe, DE
Thomas Ruf · Sasbach, DE
Manfred Kunz · Berlin, DE
Joachim Schmalz · Bischweier, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2003
Grant date	May 5, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2025

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02D30/50
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A network device, method and computer program product for communicating data over aggregated links, wherein each of the aggregated links comprises a plurality of data communication links. The network device comprises n ports; and a processor to determine a link quality for each of m of the aggregated links, wherein m≧2, wherein each of the m aggregated links comprises a preselected plurality p of the n ports, select one of the m aggregated links based on the link quality determined for each of the m aggregated links, and send the data over the selected one of the m aggregated links.

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