Patent ID: 6665301
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: H04L,H04Q

Abstract:
A method for generating a map of transmission slots for a port of a network element, comprising:selecting a plurality of substantially evenly spaced port transmission slots for the port as an initial set of port transmission slots, the selection made by: obtaining a slot interval based on a number of port transmission slots in the initial set; selecting a first port transmission slot for the initial set; and repeatedly selecting a next port transmission slot for the initial set based on a position of a previous port transmission slot incremented by the slot interval until all port transmission slots for the initial set have been selected; dividing the initial set into a plurality of child sets having interleaved port transmission slots; recursively dividing each child set into a plurality of lower level child sets having interleaved port transmission slots until child sets in a lowest level each correspond to a base transmission rate; and storing the initial set and the child sets as a plurality of hierarchical sets.