Reducing the access delay for transmitting processed data over transmission data

A network terminal terminated on a transmission media in a network where the network terminal processes, by one of a plurality of types of processing, input data to be transmitted as processed data on the transmission media, said network terminal having a specific time when the transmission media is to be allocated for transmitting that processed data, comprising:

• a terminal synchronizer for determining a time when access to the transmission media will be granted for transmitting that processed data, and determining a processing period according to said time based on the type of the processing, the processing period is a period required for processing the input data;
• and
• a processor for processing of the input data to prepare the input data for transmission on the transmission media, said processing synchronized by said processing period by starting processing at an earlier time based upon the processing period;
• wherein the synchronizing results in the processing of the input data being completed at an ideal point in time, which will cause the completion of processing input data to substantially coincide with said time when access to the transmission media is granted.