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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Thomas George Zboril, Mississauga, CA;
Inventor:
Thomas George Zboril, Mississauga, CA;
Assignee:
Tropic Networks Inc., Kanata, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04J 3/04 (2006.01); G01R 31/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A communication system such as a distributed packet switch, is described, including multiple nodes with bi-directional transmission links between the nodes, each link comprising of a set of multiple links in parallel. The system provides an automatic balancing the aggregate capacity of one set of links in a proportion 'M:N' to the aggregate capacity of the other set of links under varying link conditions, including one or more individual link failures in one or both sets of links.