Patent ID: 9749228
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: H04L,Y02D

Claim:
1. A method for assigning and utilizing an Ethernet physical data port in an Ethernet Link Aggregation Group (LAG), the method comprising the steps of: selecting, by a first LAG switch, from a plurality of physical data ports in said first LAG switch, a network tunnel that is a single physical tunnel port of the LAG having a maximum available bandwidth of said plurality of physical data ports, wherein said single physical tunnel port has a port serial number; assigning, by said first LAG switch, said single physical tunnel port to said network tunnel; preparing, by said first LAG switch, a data packet identifier by which said single physical tunnel port may be identified; sending, by said first LAG switch, a message comprising said data packet identifier to a preceding node; receiving from the preceding node, by said first LAG switch, a data packet comprising said data packet identifier; and switching, by said first LAG switch, said data packet to said single physical tunnel port according to said serial port number, and sending said data packet to a second LAG switch via said single physical tunnel port.