Radio Link Aggregation
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorHolger Helmke
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Abstract
A network device distributes a plurality of symbol blocks, received via a plurality of input streams, to a plurality of output links comprised in a defined connection according to a mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links. Responsive to an input stream of the plurality of input streams being empty such that an expected symbol block is not received, the network device distributes idle data to the output link mapped to the expected symbol block to maintain the mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links. The network device transmits the symbol blocks and idle data over the defined connection via the plurality of output links and according to the distribution.
Claims20
A method, implemented in a network device, the method comprising:
- distributing a plurality of symbol blocks, received via a plurality of input streams, to a plurality of output links comprised in a defined connection according to a mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links;
- responsive to an input stream of the plurality of input streams being empty such that an expected symbol block is not received, distributing idle data to the output link mapped to the expected symbol block to maintain the mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links;
- transmitting the symbol blocks and idle data over the defined connection via the plurality of output links and according to the distribution.
A network device comprising:
- processing circuitry configured to:
- distribute a plurality of symbol blocks, received via a plurality of input streams, to a plurality of output links comprised in a defined connection according to a mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links;
- responsive to an input stream of the plurality of input streams being empty such that an expected symbol block is not received, distribute idle data to the output link mapped to the expected symbol block to maintain the mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links;
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- transmit the symbol blocks and idle data over the defined connection via the plurality of output links and according to the distribution;
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- memory communicatively coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the mapping of the symbol blocks to the output links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.