Patent ID: 7990853
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H04J,H04L,H04Q,H05K,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A system for handling data traffic comprising: a plurality of network switches, each network switch having an interface to a packet network, each interface arranged so as to provide at least one link aggregation group, an interface to at least one other network switch, and an interface to each of a plurality of optical network service units; and a plurality of optical network service units, each of the optical network service units having an interface to each of the plurality of network switches and an interface to each of a plurality of optical networks; wherein each network switch is arranged so as to transmit and receive data over a link aggregation group from the packet network and transmit and receive the data with at least one optical network service unit by selecting to transmit and receive the data either directly or via another network switch, wherein the selection is based on whether a number of an interface to each of the plurality of optical networks of each of the plurality of optical network service units is odd or even, so as to reduce data traffic congestion.