Nortel Networks Statement about IPR claimed in draft-lapuh-network-smlt-06 Date: 25 May 2007 From: Michelle Lee Dear Sir, Nortel Networks Limited has an issued patent US no.7,173,934, entitled "System, Device, and Method for Improving Communication Network Reliability using Trunk Splitting", that may be relevant to this IETF Internet Draft: Title: Split Multi-link Trunking (SMLT) Tag: http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-lapuh-network-smlt-06.txt As understood, this IETF draft is Informational, has expired and is not under IETF standards-track. My contact information is set out below. Kind Regards, Michelle Lee Counsel, IP Law Nortel Networks Limited 195 The West Mall Toronto, ON M9C 5K1 Canada Fax: 905-863-1987 Email: mleelaw@nortel.com