Transparent wireless bridge route aggregation
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a primary port;
a secondary port; and
control logic coupled to the primary port and the secondary port;
wherein the control logic is responsive to determining the secondary port is coupled to a secondary network to operate as a secondary bridge; and
wherein the control logic is responsive to operating as a secondary bridge to communicate with at least one other wireless bridge coupled to the secondary network to select a master secondary bridge that is a designated bridge for the secondary network.
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Abstract
In an example embodiment, there is described herein a “Wireless Route Aggregation Protocol” (WRAP) that is used to aggregate multiple wireless links into a WRAP “route bundle” that functions as a single logical LAN bridge link. WRAP link aggregation can be used for example to increase the bandwidth and robustness of the wireless path between two wired Ethernet LANs.
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22 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
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a primary port; a secondary port; and control logic coupled to the primary port and the secondary port; wherein the control logic is responsive to determining the secondary port is coupled to a secondary network to operate as a secondary bridge; and wherein the control logic is responsive to operating as a secondary bridge to communicate with at least one other wireless bridge coupled to the secondary network to select a master secondary bridge that is a designated bridge for the secondary network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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designating a single wireless route selected from a route bundle comprising a plurality of wireless routes coupling two Ethernet local area networks (LANs) as a spanning tree path between the two Ethernet LANs; establishing cross routes between the two Ethernet LANs using unselected plurality of wireless routes coupling the two Ethernet LANs employing a route aggregation protocol; grouping the cross routes into an aggregate route bundle; and balancing traffic load to a primary network by distributing traffic to at least one route in the aggregate route bundle; wherein a first of the two Ethernet LANs is established as a primary local area network (LAN) and a second of the two Ethernet LANs is established as a secondary LAN. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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