| 摘要 |
In order to enhance link utilization in an Ethernet transport network it is suggested to determine a set of active member links out of a set of available member links and distribute the client signal (A) onto the active member links according to a distribution algorithm. For each of the active member links at least a portion of the client signal (A) is distributed to, a member signal (B) is generated comprising frames generated out of the portions that are distributed to the active member link. At least one control frame is generated comprising a counter describing the number of member frames transmitted on the active member link and a member signal (C) is generated by inserting the control frame into the member signal (B). The member signals (C) are transmitted from a first network element (1) to a second network element (2) via the Ethernet transport network (3). A received member signal (E) is generated out of each member signal (D) received at the second network element (2) by extracting the control frame and a received client signal (F) is generated by combining the received member signals (E) according to the distribution algorithm, wherein the received client signal (F) corresponds to the client signal (A). |
