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Bandwidth admission control on link aggregation groups

US8284654B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 3, 2007
Grant dateOct 9, 2012
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Expiry dateFeb 27, 2029

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

Abstract

A device may receive a bandwidth (B) available on each link of a link aggregation group (LAG) that includes a number (N) of links, assign a primary LAG link and a redundant LAG link to a virtual local area network (VLAN), set an available bandwidth for primary link booking to (B−B/N), and set an available bandwidth for redundant link booking to (B/N).

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