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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2014
Applicant:
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshihiro Uchida, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 12/743 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 45/7453 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication method using link aggregation, the method includes receiving a transfer frame; calculating, by a first communication device, an identification number of an output port for the transfer frame among a plurality of ports using a hash function, by using a combination of a source address of the transfer frame, a destination address of the transfer frame, and a cyclic number that is generated for every combination of the source address and the destination address and represents an order of the transfer frame as a hash key; and transmitting the transfer frame from the output port.