Patent ID: 7826483

Claim:
A method for assigning a number of M data links located on a subscriber side to a number of N data links located on a transport side, comprising: initially assigning each of the M data links located on the subscriber side to one of the N data links located on the transport side wherein N is larger than 2; dynamically determining a product weight and a load-depending weighting value and a numerical weighting value representing their capacity utilization for each of the N data links located on the transport side, with said numerical weighting value being calculated from the number of assigned data links located on the subscriber side and with said load-depending weighting value being calculated from the data load currently being handled via the data link located on the transport side and with said product weight being calculated from the numerical weighting value and the load-depending weighting value; assigning the data links already assigned and/or new data links located on the subscriber side to the data links located on the transport side in accordance with the product weight; in terms of the data links located on the subscriber side that are assigned to a data link located on the transport side the numerical weighting value exhibiting a linear relationship with the number of assigned data links located on the subscriber side; and for calculating the load-depending weighting value, a lower weighting element, different from zero, is employed to represent the data load handled over a data link located on the transport side for a currently unused data link located on the subscriber side.