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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 03, 2009
Omar Cardona, Austin, TX (US);
James Brian Cunningham, Austin, TX (US);
Baltazar DE Leon, Iii, Austin, TX (US);
Jorge Rafael Nogueras, Austin, TX (US);
Omar Cardona, Austin, TX (US);
James Brian Cunningham, Austin, TX (US);
Baltazar De Leon, III, Austin, TX (US);
Jorge Rafael Nogueras, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Where parallel links between network devices are aggregated into link groups to support the transport of associated data streams, the link groups can be managed in an energy efficient manner by defining each link group as consisting of a primary link and one or more secondary links. The primary link in a link group remains enabled at all times but the secondary links are enabled only when needed and are disabled when no longer needed, minimizing power consumption for the secondary links (and the link group).