Patent ID: 7817656
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: at a transport interface to a plurality of local Fibre-Channel ports, providing a plurality of buffers corresponding to said plurality of local Fibre-Channel ports; at the plurality of local Fibre-Channel ports, receiving frames for transmission to remote Fibre-Channel ports from said local Fibre-Channel ports; queuing said frames received for transmission in said plurality of buffers; multiplexing frames from the plurality of buffers corresponding to the plurality of local Fibre-Channel ports for transmission into a transport network from said buffers such that a combination of maximum data rates of Fibre-Channel links terminated by said plurality of local Fibre-Channel ports through said transport interface exceeds momentary bandwidth available on the transport network; and transmitting frames multiplexed from the plurality of buffers associated with the plurality of local Fibre-Channel ports via said transport network.