Patent ID: 6721302
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
In a multi-user, packet communication system at least permitting packet data of selected data sizes to be communicated by a network communication station to a first remote station pursuant to a first communication session and by the network communication station to at least a second remote communication station pursuant to at least a second communication session, an improvement of apparatus for facilitating concurrent communications during a selected time period pursuant to the first and the at least second communication session, respectively, said apparatus comprising:a determiner coupled to receive indications of the selected data sizes of the data to be communicated, respectively, during the first and at least second communication sessions, said determiner for determining at least relative sizes of the data to be communicated pursuant to each of the first and at least second communication sessions, and a packet data transmitter operable to transmit concurrently and for the selected time period, data pursuant to the first communication session and data pursuant to the second communication session, the selected time period selected responsive to determinations made by said determiner.