PRI channel bonding? (fwd)

MegaZone (megazone@livingston.com)
Thu, 21 Aug 1997 00:17:36 -0700 (PDT)

Once upon a time Jeff Carneal shaped the electrons to say...
>I understand that MLPPP works for at least 2 B channels for an aggregate

Please call it MP - that is what the RFC calls it. 'MLPPP' doesn't mean
anything.

>bandwidth of 128k, but my question is, what is the limit to the number of
>B channels you can bond? For example, if I have a client with a PM3 and a

There is no limit on the receiving end. With MCPPP you can use multiple
chassis.

The catch is the calling end has ot be able to originate the channels
outbound. Currently that means the highest we go is 60 - a 2 E1 PRI PM-3
doing dialout on all channels.

>PRI, and I have a PM3 and a PRI. Can the customer dial out with N
>channels to my PM3 and bond as many as he pleases for a bandwidth of
>N*64k? I understand this isn't a very cost efficient scenario, but I'm

Yes.

>If it does work, what is the limit to the number of B channels? Can the
>PM3 MLPPP bond channels on two different PRI?

Yes. And across multiple CHASSIS on the receiving end.

-MZ

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