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US8565085B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. · US

Inventors

Scott R. Kotrla · Wylie, US
Howard Chiu · Plano, US
Donald Pitchforth, Jr. · Rockwall, US
Michael U. Bencheck · Berkeley Heights, US
Richard C. Schell · Allen, US
Matthew W. Turlington · Richardson, US
Glenn A. Wellbrock · Wylie, US
James D. Lee · Dallas, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 17, 2006
Grant date	Oct 22, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 6, 2028

Classification

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

Abstract

A disclosed method and device relate to defining a link aggregation group (LAG) media access control (MAC) address and assigning the LAG MAC address to two or more links to define a LAG. The LAG MAC address does not duplicate physical MAC addresses associated with the links in the LAG. Datagrams associated with the links in the LAG are routed based on the LAG MAC address.

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