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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2008
Richard S. Newpol, Seven Fields, PA (US);
James R. Bryant, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Lei G. Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard S. Newpol, Seven Fields, PA (US);
James R. Bryant, Cranberry Township, PA (US);
Lei G. Chen, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for centrally selecting a control network from redundant control networks is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a network element includes a first control network and a second control network. Each line card implements a bonding interface to bond a first port coupled with the first control network and a second port coupled with the second control network. On each line card, the first and second ports receive a control network selection message from the first and second control networks respectively. A link layer driver on each line card interprets those selection messages and determines which control network is active and reports that control network as up to the bonding interface and reports the other control network as down to the bonding interface. The bonding interface selects the control network reported as up and application software uses that control network.
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