Patent ID: 6570849
Filing Date: 2003-05-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A communication system for interleaving non-real-time data (NRD) and real-time data (RTD), said RTD representing at least one of n analogue signals, each signal received from at least one of n calls, wherein n is an integer greater than 1, for transmission over a data network, having a predetermined network bandwith, said system comprising:(a) a non-real-time queue for receiving the NRD; (b) a real-time queue for receiving the RTD; (c) a network interface responsive to the non-real-time queue and the real-time queue for combining a maximum transmission unit (MTU) that contains a segment of the NRD, with a real-time window (RTW) that contains a segment of the RTD, into a launch window having a predetermined launch interval; and (d) MTU calculation means for determining a permissible size in bits for the MTU equal to at most the launch window size minus a size for the RTW suitable to permit a synchronized transmission of said RTD within the launch interval based on the network bandwidth.