Communication management system and method
AssigneeBigband Networks, Inc.
InventorsRan M. Oz, Nery Strassman, Amir Basan-eskenazi, Andrey Yruski, Oded Golan
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Abstract
Broadband multimedia system including a communication bus, a router, connected to the communication bus and further between a plurality of media sources and a plurality of network transmitters, a session manager, connected to communication bus, where the session manager provides routing instructions to the router, for directing data received from the media sources to the network transmitters for transmitting over a broadband network.
Claims20
Packet switch system comprising:
- a packet switch engine;
- a downstream re-multiplexing engine, coupled to said packet switch engine and to a plurality of downstream transmit units;
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- a plurality of media-access controllers coupled to said downstream re-multiplexing engine, said packet switch engine and to upstream channels,
- said media-access controllers provide packets received from said upstream channels either to said downstream re-multiplexing engine or to said packet switch engine, according to packet content type and packet original destination.
Method for directing a packet in a communication switching system, comprising the steps of:
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over data-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over data-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing;
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over media-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over media-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing;
- and multiplexing said packet, over media-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over media-over-broadband network transmission, not authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing.
Method for directing a packet in a communication switching system, comprising the steps of:
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over data-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over data-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing;
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over media-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over media-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing
- assigning priority to each session associated with a received packet;
- detecting transmit system load;
- controlling said session transmit order and quality according to said detected transmit system load.
Method for directing a packet in a communication switching system, comprising the steps of:
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over data-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over data-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing;
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over media-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over media-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing
- assigning priority to each session associated with a received packet;
- detecting transmit system load;
- controlling said session transmit order and quality according to said detected transmit system load.
Method for directing a packet in a communication switching system, comprising the steps of:
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over data-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over data-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing;
- rate adapted multiplexing said packet, over media-over-broadband network transmission, when said packet is a part of a media session over media-over-broadband network transmission, authorized for rate adaptation multiplexing, wherein said data-over-broadband network transmission includes data-over-cable (DOCSIS) transmission.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.