Patent ID: 6205154
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: H04J,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for automatically selecting a transmission path in a communications network to avoid bandwidth fragmentation, the communications network having a first plurality of time slots, each of said time slots including a corresponding second plurality of time slots, the method comprising the steps of:identifying a type of service request;determining an available maximally utilized time slot from said first plurality of time slots, at least one of said corresponding second plurality of time slots having sufficient space to accommodate transmission of said type of service request;assigning said maximally utilized time slot to said service request;determining from said first plurality of time slots an unoccupied time slot having an optimum number of contiguous unoccupied time slots, wherein said optimum number maximizes an assignable remainder of said first plurality of timeslots, when said maximally utilized time slot is unavailable; andassigning said unoccupied time slot to said service request to provide said transmission path.