High availability, scaleable bandwidth, multiport ATM-emulated L

Details High availability, scaleable bandwidth, multiport ATM-emulated L High availability, scaleable bandwidth, multiport ATM-emulated L

1997-09-16

2000-03-21

Kizou, Hassan

Multiplex communications

Communication techniques for information carried in plural...

Adaptive

370466, 370401, 370395, H04J 316, H04L 1228

Patent

active

060410639

ABSTRACT:
An interface through which a host may conduct LAN-emulated communications over an ATM network. In a preferred embodiment, the interface provides communication through multiple ATM ports, each of which is represented by a network interface card (NIC) and an associated emulated MAC entity which includes a LAN emulation client (LEC). Even though multiple LECs may be associated with a host, only a single, common MAC address is used to identify the host. The invention provides several additional advantages including the ability to distribute traffic or share loads across multiple LECs, the ability to scale the bandwidth provided to a particular host, and the ability to provide one or more levels of redundancy with respect to host-ATM network communications.

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