Patent ID: 7949011
Filing Date: 2011-05-24
Classification: H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling link aggregation, comprising: detecting whether an available bandwidth of a first bearer link at a destination end of a transmission path is sufficient for bearing data to be transmitted, wherein the transmission path comprising at least one intermediate node locating between a source end and the destination end; judging whether the destination end has sufficient available aggregatable Ethernet links for bearing the data to be transmitted if the available bandwidth of the first bearer link at the destination end is insufficient for bearing the data to be transmitted; notifying the destination end to perform a link aggregation sufficient for the first bear link at the destination end to bear the data to be transmitted if the destination end has sufficient available aggregatable Ethernet links for bearing the data to be transmitted; and reducing a number of Ethernet links aggregated in a second bear link at the source end of the transmission path if the destination end does not have sufficient available aggregatable Ethernet links for bearing the data to be transmitted on the first bear link, wherein the second bearer link at the source end node of the transmission path is an aggregated link.