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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2019
Applicant:
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2022.01); H04J 3/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/50 (2013.01); H04J 3/1658 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and apparatus are provided for routing Flex Ethernet (FlexE) data in a network. In an example aspect, a method comprises receiving data on a first FlexE physical layer (PHY) group, determining, from first FlexE overhead on the first FlexE PHY group, that data in one or more time slots on the first FlexE PHY group is associated with a predetermined path in the network, determining a second FlexE PHY group for the data in the one or more time slots based on at least a portion of the predetermined path in the network, and sending the data on the second FlexE PHY group.