摘要 |
The present invention provides, according to one example, a method of route aggregation in a network. The network may include at least two switches connected by a link. The method includes the steps of arranging virtual connection identifiers (VCIs) into groups based on a common prefix. Each of the groups corresponds to an outgoing port of a next switch. The method further includes the steps of allocating a VCI at the incoming port of the next switch, and informing the outgoing port of the previous switch of the allocated VCI number. The step of arranging may include splitting all available VCIs into N subgroups, where N is the number of outgoing ports on the switch on the other end of the link.
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