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 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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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 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)
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18. 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; and grouping the cross routes into an 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.
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19. A method according to claim 21 further comprising:
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selecting a single wireless bridge, which has a wireless route to the primary LAN and an Ethernet connection to the secondary LAN, as the Master Secondary Bridge for the secondary LAN; designating at least one other wireless bridge which has a wireless route to the primary LAN and an Ethernet connection to the secondary LAN as a Slave Secondary Bridge on the secondary LAN reporting wireless neighbor information to the Master Secondary Bridge by the Slave Secondary Bridge, compiling the neighbor information from the Slave Secondary Bridge by the Master Secondary Bridge; determining a best set of wireless links to interconnect the secondary LAN to the primary LAN; establishing cross links to between the Slave Secondary Bridge and parent wireless bridges coupled to the primary LAN by the Master Secondary Bridge; and assigning a descendant station in a sub tree rooted at the secondary LAN to a cross route by the Master Secondary Bridge. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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