Transmission of data over parallel links

A method for reassembling data from a plurality of portions of the data received over a plurality of parallel transmission links comprising:

• using, at a given instant, a plurality of apportioning plans;
• associating, at the given instant, each one of the plurality of apportioning plans with a respective one of the plurality of parallel transmission links;
• copying a first portion of the data from a first transmission link, according to a round-robin order among the transmission links and to the apportioning plan associated with the first transmission link, thereby producing partially reassembled data;
• from each one of the plurality of parallel transmission links, continuing in round-robin order, copying and appending a next portion of the data according to the apportioning plan associated with the transmission link to the partially reassembled data;
• and
• continuing the copying and appending until the data has been completely reassembled.

Apparatus for transmitting data over a plurality of parallel transmission links, comprising:

• a plurality of transmitters, each of the transmitters configured to transmit at least one portion of the data over one of the transmission links;
• a plurality of plan units, each one of the plurality of plan units:
• associated with a respective one of the plurality of transmitters;
• and
• configured to use, at a given instant, separate apportioning plan associated with the respective one of the plurality of transmitters;
• and
• a data splitting unit configured to provide at least one portion of the data, in round robin order, to each one of the plurality of transmitters, based on a signal from one of the plurality of plan units.

Apparatus for reassembling data from a plurality of portions of the data received from a plurality of parallel transmission links comprising:

• a plurality of receivers configured to receive at least one portion of the data from a plurality of respective associated transmission links;
• a plurality of plan units, each one of the plurality of plan units associated with a respective one of the plurality of receivers and configured to use, at a given instant, an associated one of a plurality of apportioning plans;
• and
• a data merging unit configured to:
• copy a first portion of the data from a first receiver, according to a round-robin order among the receivers, and according to the apportioning plan associated with the first receiver, thereby producing partially reassembled data;
• continuing in round-robin order among each one of the plurality of parallel transmission links, copy and append a next portion of the data according to the apportioning plan associated with the transmission link to the partially reassembled data;
• and
• continue the copying and appending until the data has been completely reassembled.