Patent ID: 7155534
Filing Date: 2006-12-26
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method in an executable system configured for accessing routers according to Internet Protocol (IP), the method comprising: determining, for each of an identified group of routers, a corresponding group of router configurations used for providing a corresponding group of router operations, each router including physical subscriber link interfaces and a physical trunk link interface; determining, for each router configuration, whether a corresponding candidate configuration is available for use by an aggregate router, having an aggregate router physical trunk link interface and aggregate router physical subscriber link interfaces, and that configures the aggregate router for aggregating the router operations, the physical subscriber link interfaces, and the physical trunk link interfaces for the identified group of routers; detecting whether a conflict exists between one of the router configurations and the corresponding candidate configuration; selectively determining an availability of a resolved configuration that resolves the conflict for the one router configuration, enabling execution of the corresponding router operation by the aggregate router; and generating a single router configuration, for use by the aggregate router in aggregating the router operations of the identified group of routers, based on the determined candidate configurations and the resolved configurations, the single router configuration aggregating the physical trunk link interfaces of the identified group of routers into the aggregate router physical trunk link interface and aggregating the physical subscriber link interfaces of the identified group of routers into the aggregate router physical subscriber link interfaces.