Patent ID: 6625122
Filing Date: 2003-09-23
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A circuitry implemented method for selecting data for transmission in a network, the method comprising:storing representations of data flows in storage structures S1, . . . SN, wherein N>1, wherein each data flow is associated with a bandwidth to be given to the data flow; transferring zero or more data flow representations from storage structures S1, . . . SN to a storage structure S0, wherein for each i (0i to structure S0 is greater than the frequency with which zero or more data flow representations are transferred from structure S(i+1) to structure S0; selecting a data flow representation from structure S0 to transmit data on the corresponding data flow; transferring the selected data flow representation to a structure Sj (0&lE;j&lE;N) for subsequent transmission on the corresponding data flow, wherein the structure Sj is chosen from structures S0, . . . , SN based on the bandwidth to be given to the corresponding data flow.