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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 27, 1996
Richard E Milne, Richardson, TX (US);
Timothy M Dwight, Plano, TX (US);
DSC Telecom L.P., Plano, TX (US);
MCI Communications Corp., Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A method for selecting one link out of M outbound links in a linkset (10) coupling a first component and a second component is provided. The first component includes N devices coupled to the M links. The method includes the steps of first providing an X-bit code having 2.sup.x possible code combinations used for link selection, and assigning a predetermined number of code combinations for each device where the assigned code combinations for a device is a function of an unique device number associated with each device. The outbound link is then selected for transmitting outbound data based on the code combination assignment.