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Data communication method and apparatus using multiple physical data links

  • US 4,703,475 A
  • Filed: 12/04/1985
  • Issued: 10/27/1987
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of conveying information via a plurality of logical channels from a source to a destination having multiple physical links interposed therebetween, said method comprisingpacketizing said information into a plurality of packets each including therein a definition of one of said logical channels and a definition of a logical channel sequence number with respect to the defined logical channel,transmitting said plurality of packets over said links in such manner that ones of the packets defining the same logical channel are transmittable over different ones of said links,separating a plurality of packets received on said links, according to logical channels defined therein, andcommunicating said separated packets to said destination in a defined ordered sequence according to logical channel sequence numbers defined therein, andwherein said communicating step comprises communicating said separated packets receivable from said links in an ordered sequence different from said defined ordered sequence.

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