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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Angel Molina, Erlangen, DE;
Angel Molina, Erlangen, DE;
Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., Murray Hills, NJ (US);
Abstract
The invention comprises a method and apparatus for assigning at least one virtual concatenation group member to a virtual concatenation group at a terminating node. Specifically, the method comprises receiving originating configuration information comprising at least one assignment parameter and at least one originating capability parameter, identifying terminating configuration information associated with the terminating node where the terminating configuration information comprises at least one terminating capability parameter, comparing the at least one originating capability parameter to the at least one terminating capability parameter, and assigning the at least one virtual concatenation group member to the virtual concatenation group on the terminating node using the at least one assignment parameter in response to a determination that the at least one originating capability parameter and the at least one terminating capability parameter are compatible.