Communication network and method for transmitting data packets in the communication network
US9585053B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2013 |
| Grant date | Feb 28, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 17, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2012/40221
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A communications network, computer program product and method for transmitting data packets in the communications network comprising synchronized nodes via a predetermined path in the communications network, wherein the synchronized nodes of the predetermined path include a source node, a target node and at least one intermediate node, the synchronized nodes synchronously feed data packets into the predetermined path and each have first and second buffers for respectively buffering high-priority data packets and low-priority data packets, wherein each intermediate node having an empty first buffer at a given point in time, and to which the source node feeds a high-priority data packet into the predetermined path toward the target node, generates a second high-priority data packet and feeds the generated second high-priority data packet into the predetermined path toward the target node so as to ensure high-priority data packets on the predetermined path are not delayed by low-priority data packets.
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