Patent ID: 7126970
Filing Date: 2006-10-24
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A communication system having a first node and a second node, the first node being connected to the second node with a first set of multiple links for sending packets and feedback information from the first node to the second node, and the second node being connected to the first node with a second set of multiple links for sending packets and feedback information from the second node to the first node, the system comprising means for automatic balancing the aggregate capacity of the first set of links in a proportion “M:N” to the aggregate capacity of the second set of links under varying link conditions, including one or more individual link failures in one or both sets of links, each link in the first and second set of links has substantially the same capacity, and the means for automatic balancing comprises means for automatic selecting a number of links which are active (transmitting data packets) in the first set and another number of links which are active in the second set, the numbers of the selected links being in the proportion “M:N”.