Patent ID: 6816500
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for multimedia access network channel management, the multimedia access network having a plurality of channels, each channel of the plurality of channels consisting of a time division multiple access time slot of a plurality of time division multiple access time slots and a carrier frequency of a plurality of carrier frequencies, the method comprising:(a) receiving a first multimedia network access message having a comparative priority; (b) when there is a first channel which is available from the plurality of channels, assigning a first transmission corresponding to the first multimedia network access message to the first channel; (c) when there is no first channel which is available from the plurality of channels, and when there is a second transmission on a second channel of the plurality of channels which is moveable to a third channel of the plurality of channels, reassigning the second transmission to the third channel and assigning the first transmission corresponding to the first multimedia network access message to the second channel; and (d) when there is no first channel which is available from the plurality of channels, when there is no second transmission on a second channel which is moveable to a third channel, and when there is a third transmission on a fourth channel, of the plurality of channels, having a lower comparative priority than the comparative priority of the first multimedia network access message, removing the third transmission from the fourth channel, and assigning the transmission corresponding to the first multimedia network access message to the fourth channel.