METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING AND CONSOLIDATING DATA PACKETS ONTO MULTIPLE NETWORK INTERFACES

摘要

A method and apparatus for distributing and consolidating data packets onto multiple network interfaces includes using frame-based inverse multiplexing (44, 46) to parse high-speed data into frames for placement onto lower-speed E1 or T1 (38) connections between a base station controller and a base station, or between two base station controllers (34, 36), in a cellular telephony network. The inverse multiplexing algorithm may be implemented with hardware such as, e.g., FIFOs (46) and registers. The frames are transmitted across the E1 or T1 (38) connections and then received, buffered, and multiplexed into a single high-speed data stream (73).