Patent ID: 7684327
Filing Date: 2010-03-23
Classification: H04J

Abstract:
1. A method of temporarily disabling a member of a group of links that is transported from a source side to a sink side in a telecommunications network under control of a technique for adjusting link capacity of a given member in said group of links, wherein said group of links comprises a number of link members, in which payload data to be received at the sink side can be transmitted, the method comprising: in response to a first management command transmitted from a management system to at least one of said source side and sink side for one of said link members requesting said one link member to be temporarily disabled, disabling said link member on a channel at least one of said source side and sink side, maintaining said temporarily disabled link member to allow said temporarily disabled link member to be re-enabled on said channel; in response to said first management command, transmitting a first forward control message from the source side to the sink side comprising a message indicating that payload data of said one link member shall not be used and discontinuing transmission of payload data for said temporarily disabled link member; and re-enabling said temporarily disabled link member on said channel.