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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 13, 2012
John J. Osswald, Northbridge, MA (US);
Robert J. Friskney, Harlow, GB;
Michael K. Poon, Westford, MA (US);
Florin S. Balus, Cupertino, CA (US);
Simon P. Parry, Harlow, GB;
John J. Osswald, Northbridge, MA (US);
Robert J. Friskney, Harlow, GB;
Michael K. Poon, Westford, MA (US);
Florin S. Balus, Cupertino, CA (US);
Simon P. Parry, Harlow, GB;
Rockstar Consortium US LP, Plano, TX (US);
Abstract
A node comprises a first communications interface to a customer network element, where the first communications interface is part of a group of communications interfaces to the customer network element to provide failover support. The node further includes a network interface to communicate over a trunk group to other nodes, where the trunk group includes a primary trunk and a secondary trunk. Just one of the primary and secondary trunks is active for communicating data units.