Granted Patent B2

US 7,675,947 · App. 11/444,742 · Granted Mar 9, 2010

Abstract

Claims (53)

1. A method of data transmission comprising:

transmitting a sub-stream of a data stream to be transmitted via transmission channels to be bundled, as a stream of bundling data between a first transmission channel facility and a second transmission channel facility via a standard network interface for data transmission:

transmitting the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled via a first interface of the first or second transmission channel facility; and

wherein the stream of bundling data is transmitted via the same first interface of the first or second transmission channel facility.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

transmitting the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled via a first interface of the first or second transmission channel facility; and

facilitating the transmitting, with the transmission channel facility, on the first layer according to an OSI layer model, via the first interface of which the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled is transmitted.

3. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

selecting an interface, as the standard network interface via which the bundling data is transmitted, from a group consisting of: an MII interface, a GMII interface, an RMII interface, an SMII interface, an SSSMII interface, a POSPHY interface, and a UTOPIA interface.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

encapsulating the sub-stream in the first transmission channel facility to permit the sub-stream to be transmitted as a stream of bundling data via the standard network interface for data transmission to the second transmission channel facility.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the encapsulating comprises:

adding address information of the second transmission channel facility.

6. The method of claim 4 , comprising:

decapsulating the stream of bundling data encapsulated in the second transmission channel facility.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

fragmenting the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled into the sub-stream and another sub-stream in the first or second transmission channel facility.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

defragmenting, in the first or second transmission channel facility, the sub-stream and another sub-stream of data, to obtain the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for sending the data stream, the method comprises:

transmitting the stream of bundling data from the first transmission channel facility to the second transmission channel facility.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein, for receiving the data stream, the method comprises:

transmitting the stream of bundling data from the second transmission channel facility to the first transmission channel facility.

11. A device configured to transmit data, the device comprising:

multiple separate transmission channel facilities including first and second transmission channel facilities each having a standard network interface unit configured to transmit bundling data; and

a facility configured to bundle transmission channel facilities and to transmit a sub-stream of a data stream to be transmitted via transmission channels to be bundled as a stream of bundling data via the standard network interface units between the first transmission channel facility and the second transmission channel facility, wherein at least one of the first and second transmission channel facilities includes:

a first interface unit, via which the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled is transmitted. wherein the first interface unit of the first or second transmission channel facility is one of the standard network interface units.

12. The device of claim 11 ,

wherein at least one of the first and second transmission channel facilities includes a first interface unit, via which the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled is transmitted; and

wherein the transmission channel facility, via the first interface unit, is configured as a facility on the first layer according to an OSI layer model.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the standard network interface unit is selected from a group consisting of: an interface unit of Ethernet technology and an interface unit of ATM technology.

14. The device of claim 11 , wherein the first transmission channel facility includes:

a facility configured to encapsulate the sub-stream of the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein the facility configured to encapsulate includes:

a facility configured to add address information of the second transmission channel facility.

16. The device of claim 14 , wherein the second transmission channel facility includes:

a facility configured to decapsulate the stream of bundling data.

17. The device of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first and second transmission channel facilities includes:

a facility configured to fragment the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled.

18. The device of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first and second transmission channel facilities includes:

a facility configured to defragment the sub-stream and another data sub-stream of data, to obtain the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled.

19. The device of claim 11 , wherein, for sending the data stream, the stream of bundling data is transmitted from the first transmission channel facility to the second transmission channel facility, and, for receiving the data stream, the stream of bundling data is transmitted from the second transmission channel facility to the first transmission channel facility.

20. A system comprising:

a sending device configured to transmit data; and

a receiving device configured to receive the data transmitted from the sending device;

wherein at least one of sending device and the receiving device includes:

multiple separate transmission channel facilities including first and second transmission channel facilities each having a standard network interface unit configured to transmit bundling data; and

a facility configured to bundle transmission channel facilities and to transmit a sub-stream of a data stream to be transmitted via transmission channels to be bundled as a stream of bundling data via the standard network interface units between the first transmission channel facility and the second transmission channel facility, wherein at least one of the first and second transmission channel facilities includes:

a first interface unit, via which the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled is transmitted, wherein the first interface unit of the first or second transmission channel facility is one of the standard network interface units.

21. A device for transmitting data, the device comprising:

multiple separate transmission channel facilities including first and second transmission channel facilities each having a standard network interface unit for transmitting bundling data; and

means for bundling transmission channel facilities including means for transmitting a sub-stream of a data stream to be transmitted via transmission channels to be bundled as a stream of bundling data via the standard network interface units between the first transmission channel facility and the second transmission channel facility, wherein at least one of the first and second transmission channel facilities includes:

a first interface unit, via which the data stream to be transmitted via the transmission channels to be bundled is transmitted, wherein the first interface unit of the first or second transmission channel facility is one of the standard network interface units.

Assignments (8)