Patent ID: 6229802
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method for packet-switched data transmission in a data transmission network comprising at least two network nodes (DXT, BS) for receiving and transmitting packets, the method comprising the steps ofreceiving, in the first node (DXT), packets associated with at least two different data transmission connections;identifying, in the first node, the destination addresses and data transmission connections (A, B, C, D) associated with the received packets on the basis of the identification data contained in each packet; andtransmitting from the first node (DXT) to the second node (BS) packets (3, 4, 5, 6) containing a destination address on the basis of which the second node is the next node,characterized by the method further comprising the steps ofdefining, on the basis of the resource allocation situation of the second node (BS), the order of transmission in which the packets associated with different data transmission connections are to be sent from the first node to the second node;sending the first node (DXT) a control signal that indicates the order of transmission of the second node; andtransmitting the packets associated with the different data transmission connections from the first node (DXT) to the second node (BS) in said order of transmission, until a new control signal is received.