Local area network for the transmission and control of audio, video, and computer data
US6215789A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 8, 1999 |
| Grant date | Apr 10, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 8, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/6481
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An Ethernet Local Area Network uses a star topology connecting user stations to a Communications Switching Module (CSM) with 10Base-T or 100 Base-TX UTP cable. Each user station typically has a digital telephone and a data communication device, such as a PC communicating with the CSM through a common UTE adapter. Delay-sensitive digital voice signals and non-delay sensitive user data are transported in master Ethernet packets of fixed length transmitted at a fixed rate. Segmentation and re-assembly of data is performed in the UTE adapters and in the CSM.
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