Patent ID: 6202094
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for adding additional links to a PPP multilink bundle between first and second peers, said method comprising the steps of:establishing a PPP multilink bundle between the first peer and the second peer using PPP Multilink protocol;determining by the first peer that additional bandwidth is needed in the PPP multilink bundle;sending, from the first peer to the second peer, a BAP N-Calls-Request packet that includes a request for additional links to be established in the bundle, wherein the BAP N-Calls-Request packet includes a packet type that specifies that N additional links are requested, wherein N is greater than one;returning, from the second peer to the first peer, a BAP N-Calls-Response packet that includes a response to the BAP N-Calls-Request packet that includes a packet type designating a number M of additional links that the second peer is capable of adding to the PPP multilink bundle, wherein N may or may not be equal to M; andestablishing the M additional links in the bundle.