Patent · US Expired

Communication apparatus, communication method, and record medium

US6330603A · kind A · utility

31Cited by
3References
26Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 25, 1998
Grant dateDec 11, 2001
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 25, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2012/5651
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

With an index that represents the content of a message, a communication band is assigned. At this point, communication bands are managed as fixed bands and variable bands. An index is used to secure a fixed band when the transmission a data flow corresponding to a communication request is started. In addition, an index is used to coordinate variable bands. Thus, priority levels of communication requests are objectively designated corresponding to the contents of communication requests and features of mediums. In the case that a fixed band and a variable band are secured, when a function for scheduling and reserving communication resources for communication requests is accomplished, priority levels are objectively designated with an index.

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