Cell grant mechanism
US6064652A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 13, 1996 |
| Grant date | May 16, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 13, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L12/5601
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A cell grant mechanism is presented which allows a central device to control the transmission of cells from one or more remote devices connected to the central device over a physical medium. Grants are issued from a grant table in the central device to allow remote devices to transmit cells to the central device. The spacing of the grants are optimized to minimize cell delay variation. When there are unused cell opportunities, central device can issue grants to devices to utilize the unused cell opportunities on an available bit rate basis.
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