Patent ID: 9036654
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: H04J,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of combining and transmitting data fragments for multiple customer ports C 1 to C n sent over a first packet-switched computer network to a trunk network and redistributed over a second packet-switched computer network, each customer port having a preselected bandwidth designation, the method comprising the steps of: providing a First-In First-Out (FIFO) register to capture incoming data bits from each customer port in parallel and speeds equal to or greater than 1 Gbps; providing selectors connected to the FIFO outputs, each selector capable of mapping individual incoming data bits from different customer ports and combining them into the same trunk fragments where the number of bits in each trunk frame is a pro rata share of the bandwidth designated to each customer port C filling each trunk fragment with data bits from customer ports C repeating the filling sequence for each fragment until sufficient trunk fragments form a filled trunk frame; sending each filled trunk frame across the trunk network having a transmission rate that is less than the sum of all customer port incoming bandwidths but equal to the sum of the trunk bandwidth allocation for all customer ports; and transmitting the filled trunk frames from the first incoming packet-switched computer network, through the trunk network to the second packet-switched computer network and transmitted to an intended receiving network endpoint.