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AssigneeEricsson Inc.
InventorsHojat Khelghatti, Zaheer Ahmed, Gustavo Lau
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In a point-to-multipoint network having a headend in communication with a plurality a network terminals over a shared network, a network terminal is equipped with a cell permit sequencer, which operates in conjunction with a AAL1 segmentation and reassembly processor, whereby the packing of ATM cells carrying continuous bit rate telephony traffic is initially delayed such that the first cell of a new communication sequence will be "just ready" for upstream transmission to the headend with the arrival of an ensuing scheduled transmission permit from the headend, including accounting for internal processing and transmission overhead. In this manner, the ensuing ATM cells for the respective communication sequence will thereby be synchronized with the ensuing permits, and delay time at the NT thus minimized.
In a communication network comprising a headend and a plurality of network terminals in communication with the headend over a shared communication medium, a method for synchronizing the delivery of data cells from a network terminal to the headend with the delivery of upstream transmission permits from the headend to the network terminal, comprising the steps of:
In a communication network comprising a headend and a plurality of network terminals, a method for synchronizing the delivery of ATM cells from a network terminal to the headend with the delivery of respective upstream transmission permits from the headend to the network terminal, comprising the steps of:
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