Patent ID: 7567620
Filing Date: 2009-07-28
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method of multi-channel data transmission over a channel group having a plurality of channels, said method comprising the steps of: first determining at a transmitter, for each data unit to be transmitted, a designated channel each data unit is to be transmitted over; transmitting each data unit over the designated channel assigned thereto; second determining at a receiver, the designated channel a data unit is to be received over; receiving each data unit over its designated channel; passing counter values to a newly joined receiver or to a receiver after the occurrence of a traffic hit; synchronizing a new modem and locking on one downstream and one upstream; synchronizing on all downstreams in said channel group; and synchronizing on current values of a loop counter, data counter and credit counter, the loop counter being the currently received data units for each channel in the channel group, the data counter being a data unit cyclic counter, and the credit counter being a bytes counter for each channel in the channel group.