Method and apparatus for preserving frame ordering across aggregated links supporting a plurality of quality of service levels

摘要

A method for preserving frame order across an aggregated link comprising receiving up to a plurality of indications denoting commencement of frame transmission on each of a plurality of virtual links each associated with a particular quality of service level comprising the aggregated link, and assigning a plurality of pointer values to a corresponding plurality of records in an appropriate ones of a plurality of pointer value buffers associated with the corresponding plurality of virtual links based, at least in part, on the relative order in which data frames are transmitted on each of the links.