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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2009
Michel Rochon, Kanata, CA;
Adrian Alfred Ellsworth, Stittsville, CA;
Martin Darwin, Ottawa, CA;
John William Galway, Nepean, CA;
Michel Rochon, Kanata, CA;
Adrian Alfred Ellsworth, Stittsville, CA;
Martin Darwin, Ottawa, CA;
John William Galway, Nepean, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a method and system for efficiently distributing Inverse Multiplexing over ATM (IMA) filler cells on IMA logical links having inactive or unusable IMA sub-links. Inactive IMA sub-links are identified during round-robin distribution of ATM data cells to active IMA sub-links. Predefined IMA filler cells are transmitted simultaneously on the identified inactive IMA sub-links when an ATM data cell is transmitted on an active IMA sub-link, thereby reducing the delay between transmitting ATM data cells.