Patent ID: 6724746
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method relating to a packet data communication system to improve the transmission efficiency when transmitting information packets, which are sensitive to delay and data segments, which are sensitive to loss of data, the method comprising the steps of:receiving information packets from a first communications network; receiving a data frame from a second communications network; dividing said data frame into a sequence of data segments; transmitting said sequence of data segments over a first packet data link with a second priority to a first node for further transmission over a second packet data link, wherein information packets are also transmitted over the first packet data link with a first priority and wherein said sequence of data segments and said information packets share transmission resources on said first packet data link on a time multiplexed basis while performing said step of transmitting; and wherein while transmitting said sequence of data segments, transmitting some of the first data segments of said sequence of data segments with said first priority over said first packet data link.